I was primed for adventure as a young adult, traveling alone in Honduras for six months after being stood up at the airport by an inattentive suitor. Unlucky in love yet lucky in language, this journey led to a near-native fluency in Spanish and a love of solo travel.

Since then I have survived an icepick-wielding attacker in Madrid, a near-plunge into the abyss on a rainy mountain in Mexico, and a financial shipwreck in the remote Galapagos archipelago.

Happily, the latter led to a position as Director of Communication for the Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island.

Fluent in Spanish by education as well as immersion, I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Language and Literature from San Diego State University. I studied for one year at La Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

I make my home in San Diego County, California. Please contact me regarding writing, editing, translating, or interpreting projects.