Biography

I was raised in Tucson, Arizona, and my husband is from Alamagordo, New Mexico, so we both appreciate the beauty of the southwestern desert where we live.

Our eldest son is a computer engineer who designs flight simulators for Lockheed. He has three children and one grandchild and lives on 10 acres of rural desert land.

Our daughter and her husband, a BYU computer systems designer, have two daughters and three grandchildren.

Our youngest son has a degree in optical engineering and has several patents for his optical system designs. However, his love of the outdoors has attracted him to work as a maintenance technician for Marriot Hotels in Avon, Colorado, where he can hike, bicycle, ski and snowboard in the Colorado Mountains.

While our children were young, my husband and I, both engineers, chose to teach together so we could be with our children and each other as much as possible. We retired from teaching in 2007. Doug obtained his PhD in Economic Policy in 2022 and is writing a book simplifying economics, and articles for his website on practical economics.

We both enjoy music and have played classic 50’s and 60’s music in rock bands for many years, performing together so far over 200 times for over 17000 persons.

After founding the Aravaipa Hiking Club in 2004 I led over 50 hikes into Aravaipa Canyon. I have been guide for the Southern Arizona Hiking Club for 30 years and have climbed over 150 different mountain peaks in southern Arizona.

In 2018 I founded the ORCA (Oracle Center for the Arts) acoustic music jam. I am a member of the Desert Bluegrass Association and Old Time Fiddlers Association, and play fiddle for square dances and contra dances.

An amateur radio operator since I was 14, K7EBS is my general class amateur radio license call sign.

We have two pet horses, and lots of wild animals (rabbits, birds, bobcat, fox, coyote, coati, racoon, javelina, deer, gila monster, snakes) that live near our desert home.

(Updated 2022)