Short Bio:
A native Western North Carolinian. I was born and have returned to our beautiful mountains. Undergraduate degree is in Pre-Soviet Russian History with minors in Political Science, Biology and Art/Painting. I have done graduate level work in Rehabilitation Administration and Rehabilitation Counseling. As an adult I have had 5 distinct careers; retail sales; rehabilitation; stained glass craftsmen; commercial sales and security management at UNC-CH. Have been married twice. Have no children, but 5 grandchildren. Am now divorced from #2 and live with 4 cats.