I was born in California, but raised in Arlington, Texas. After high school, I tutored under a European Master Tailor. I spent the next 30 years as a master tailor before retiring form sewing.

I had always loved baking, and through the years tried my hand at decorating fun cakes for family and friends. But in 2004, I decided to take my first cake decorating course from Char Lanzarotti. She was a great teacher and I was hooked! I fell in love with cake decorating.

But it was going to my first ICES Day Of Sharing that cinched the deal.

I saw the most amazing and talented ladies creating art with sugar, such as Glenda Galvez and Ruth Kirmser just to name a few!

I was so awed by the incredible talent of the ICES members who demoed that day, that I decided this was what I wanted to do. Since then, I have taken classes from Ruth Kirmser, JoAnne Misener, Tamara Lord, Jo Ellen Simon, and the Two Sweet Sisters, Martha Hebert and Becky Guidry.

I am now the Texas State Representative for ICES, Vice President of Sugarwonder Cake Club and dabbling full time with my favorite passion--sugar!