The Formative Years.

I was born and raised in Troy, a rural town in northeast Pennsylvania.



After studying abroad in Uruguay, I graduated from Troy Area High School in 1998, and went on to earn a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002. While there I completed my second study abroad, in Mexico.



Harold and I were married in 2004; we're still this happy:


My stepdaughter, Briana, is starting college this year.