I got my first ad agency job right after college at Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. After working ten years in advertising, I couldn't get to where I wanted to be so I turned to the banking industry, and not getting there either, I realized I wasn’t a banker but worked for a bank. So I quit working full-time to write, finding inspiration from my years spent in Chicago, one of two of my “best” cities, with an intermediate stop in San Francisco, my other “best” city.

My essay and memoir writing, opinions, and letters have appeared in North Shore Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Tribune Magazine, Inside Glenview Magazine, Triblocal.com and TheDiaryBank.com. My memoir, Under the Birch Tree, which is most sensitive to human interaction, is currently getting to where it wants to be, too.