Coffee-fueled introvert. Writer of sorts. Published many times over, though rarely under my own name (gotta pay the bills). Raised by the people I fondly call The Magician & The Manicurist. Located near the greater Sacramento area. Sometimes awkward, always real. Wife of The Viking and boy mom. Forever changed by my late dog, Winchester.

More than 20 years in communications, marketing, and leadership. After cutting my teeth in manufacturing the old-school American toolmaker kind of way, I spent 6+ years leading all things marketing for an advanced technology company that landed on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies seven consecutive years.

Took a brief detour from manufacturing as a marketing professional at a financial institution Forbes recognized for record growth in 2020. Then I was lured back into the advanced manufacturing start-up scene as Vice President of Marketing & Communications for ARRIS, a materials-driven company with award-winning, first-of-its-kind technology. More recently, I traded suburban life for semi-rural country living and a 1950s forever-home renovation. Making a little more room to clickity-clack on a keyboard for myself (under my own name this time).

Running on grit and gratitude… and A LOT of coffee. Iced, of course (can’t let this internal fire get too hot).

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