Professional Experience

*   Contributor to national publications including Better Homes and Gardens Kid’s Rooms, Old
House Journal, Family Fun, the Chicago Tribune, Highlights, Cricket, Viewpoints on Parenting
(Toys R Us), SWE (the Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers); topics include
parenting, education, hands-on activities, decorating, renovating, innovative party planning,
small business operation and career guidance for girls

*   The Braces Cookbook 2: Comfort Food with a Gourmet Touch (Discovery Box 2009), co-author with Chef Amee Hoge
*   The Braces Cookbook: Recipes You (and Your Orthodontist) Will Love (Discovery Box
2006), author
*   The Absolute Best Play Days:  From Airplanes to Zoos (and Everything in Between)
(Sourcebooks 1999), author; children’s activity book, ages 2 to 7; 10,000 copies in print;
includes more than 400 craft and activity ideas, plus lists of 1,000 read-aloud storybooks,
videos, and CDs tied into 52 themes
*   Jump Start 5th Grade Activities (Knowledge Adventure Software/EPI 1999); co-author,
contributed 24 science and engineering projects; one of a seven-volume series with 100,000+
copies in print
*   International Nanny Association workshop presenter, 2001
*   On-line Contributing Editor to Haystack Toys activity website (contributed 20 projects)
*   Children’s activity workshops presented at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores and
parenting groups around the country
*   On the Board of Consultants for www.ParentalWisdom.com
*   Featured on CH 3TV, CH 12TV, CH 15TV and the Pat McMahan Show (Phoenix AZ); in The Entrepreneurial Parent by Paul and Sarah
Edwards and Lisa Roberts (2002), Family Fun My Great Idea (2005) and Arizona Parenting
*   Girl Scout Leader for seven years (Brownies through Cadets)
*   Weekly volunteer teacher in elementary classrooms, three years (science, engineering,
writing/editing)
*   Very interested in gifted, charter, co-op, Montessori and home-schooling options
*   Crafts director for vacation bible school 2002, 2004 and 2005
*   Desktop Engineering, Contributing Editor (national engineering magazine) (1997- present)
*   Electronic Design, Regional Editor (1986-87)
*   Society of Women Engineers, Member, National Editorial Board, (1996 – 2008)

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1979.  M.S. Radio Astronomy/Microwave Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977.  B.S. Astronomy Summa Cum Laude

Professional Affiliations

Arizona Book Publishers Association,  Society of Women Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers