What do you do?
I am a Wife, Mother, Step-Mom, Daughter, Grandmother, Friend, Sister, Disabled Veteran and Community Servant.
I am the Executive Director of Helping Hands food bank in Sedro-Woolley. We are the largest emergency food bank in Skagit County.
We have moved from a handout model to a grocery store model with resources to create pathways to meaningful lives.
I am an advocate for those that are silent and vulnerable in my community. No one should ever go hungry.
I was the Skagit County women of the Year in 2016
What do I do when I need to be creative?
I paint, I write poetry that only a mother could love, I have 4 novels in the works and after my granddaughter was born I started a children's book for her. "Carl the Courageous Cow"
Advice/words of wisdom that affected your life you'd like to pass on?
"Dont fear the How". Don’t let fear stop you from finding your good. We all have a good that we are chasing. My good is to be a good person who works hard for their community and to find a work life balance.
Fear keeps us from starting our journeys. I always tell people when they say I am so nervous about XYZ, that excitement and fear live next door in your brain just choose the other door.
Also don’t be afraid to be yourself and be genuine. Who else is going to be the best you?