I am a native Californian who currently lives near Yosemite National Park. I'm a screenwriter, semi-retired professor of Film and Media Arts at Fresno State and an avid tennis player. I began my career when I became the first female news videographer at the TV station where I worked, later I was the only woman in a media production department and then the only female digital film/video professor at my university. I've had a long career as a non-fiction visual storyteller, exploring stories about a breadth of people such as the first Hmong women to go to college, an American WWII POW from a Nazi death camp, a Portuguese-American congressman, competitive wheelchair tennis players and a U.S. Poet Laureate. My life and career lead me to write female-driven, inspirational dramas about mature, authentic women who transform into vibrant, adventurous versions of themselves. I've received several screenwriting accolades: BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SCREENPLAY 2023 Golden State Film Festival, FINALIST 2022 California Women’s Film Festival, SEMI-FINALIST 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition, QUARTERFINALIST 2022 CineStory Feature Retreat competition, and OFFICIAL SELECTION: Fall 2022 Big Apple Film Festival, 2022 Sacramento International Film Festival and Winter 2022 Toronto International Women Festival.
