Interests and Other

• Former USA Triathlon-certified coach and competitive triathlete

• Girl Scout Troop leader and volunteer for 18 years, always dedicated to supporting young girls, as they reach toward their full potential

• Past Board member for a variety of civic organizations within the fields of business development, youth leadership, and STEM education

• Originally from the San Fernando Valley in Southern California

• Fun fact: both of my parents were software engineers for many years, although at the time, they were called ‘programmers’. In the early days, they wrote code to launch Saturn 5 rockets into orbit, propelling men to the moon. Later, they coded trajectories for defensive military satellites.

  • Naturally, we were early adopters of the home computer. Our first was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I, and all the software — including the OS — was run from a cassette tape drive.

  • Ironically, when we brought it to school for show-and-tell, it failed to impress most of my third-grade classmates. They just didn’t understand why anyone would want one.