Growing up in Southern California, I had many opportunities to study and play music in various ways. I was an orchestra member and soloist with the Redlands, Riverside, and San Bernardino symphonies, performed on national TV in the Miss Teenage America, Junior Miss, and Miss California pageants, and played for weddings, receptions, church services and such while still an undergratuate. After graduating from UCLA, I moved full-time to Los Angeles and expanded my professional experience. This included working in the film and TV industry both on-camera and studio recordings. Such projects are "Walk Hard", "Pretty Things", "Man in the Moon", and "Murder She Wrote". I've also had long-running engagements playing live at the Music Center Pavilion Restaurant, The Queen Mary Hotel, and The Beverly Hills Hotel.