currently, you could best describe me as professional

about my career Twenty years in broadcasting, then a decade-long break to be a stay-at-home mother, and now coming back out as a film producer.

people who've had the biggest impact on me My father.

my definition of success is Having had a successful broadcasting career, my idea of success is making films, documentaries and music videos that inspire, entertain, and educate.

I speak the following languages English is my first language, but I can communicate in Spanish fairly well too.

defining moments / milestones Conceived in Rabat, Morocco, the birth of my sister on Midway Island, moving to Kodiak, Alaska,graduating from college, the loss of my mother when I was 24, landing a job in New York radio at 25, going to ABC News at 30, adopting a nephew, leaving the news business, studying film at NYU.

my travels have included I have lived in nearly a dozen states or US territories and traveled extensively: in the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela, Italy, Greece, Spain, England, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Bali, China, Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, Bora Bora and Moorea.

the speed my life moves at active

favorite movies Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Kill A Mockingbird, Good Will Hunting

favorite TV shows Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, I Love Lucy

favorite music R & B, World Music, Jazz, Folk

favorite sports Baseball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball.

favorite books I Know This Much is True, The Story of Edger Sawtelle, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Kite Runner, A New Earth.

favorite magazines Oprah, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Traveler

radio / podcasts / blogs I subscribe to NPR mostly.

indulgences / guilty pleasures Luxury travel, ice cream, ribs, and massages.

when I'm not working I enjoy Long distance cycling, swimming, work out, walk my pup, drive my cars, visit cousins in Rhode Island, travel to places I have never been, garden, cook and go to movies.

other interests Indie Films, race car driving, gardening, and rescuing animals.