When is your birthday?
April 4th

Hair color?
Brown

Eye color?
Blue

Where do you live?
I have homes in both Colorado and Illinois.

Are you married?
Yep … husband Jim of 11 years.

Do you have children?
Nope. I'm a proud aunt, cousin and friend to many creative kids!

Do you have pets?
Yes - we have two dogs! Morgan is a Norwegian Elkhound and Dori is a Boston Terrier.

Do you have siblings?
Yes. My younger sister is a principal for an expeditionary charter school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; she's married and has a young daughter and a baby boy on the way. My younger brother is an independent student filmmaker in Portland, Oregon.

Where did you go to school?
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

What are your hobbies?
I love arts and crafts - drawing, painting, designing floral arrangements, creating unique party favors - anything involving imagination and creativity! I also like to travel with friends, water and snow ski, and rollerblade. And I really enjoy my work.

Favorite color?
Red

Favorite breakfast food?
I like French Toast on Saturday and Eggs Benedict on Sunday!

Favorite meal?
I'm a sucker for Italian food - chopped salad (especially from Maggiano's Little Italy), spaghetti and meatballs, Chianti, and tiramisu for dessert.

Favorite candy?
Goetze's "Bullseyes" Caramel Creams

Favorite books and authors?
My favorite authors are Shel Silverstein (The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends), J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings) and Stephen King (everything he writes).

Favorite movies?
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong (all versions) and The Black Stallion

Favorite TV shows growing up?
The Dukes of Hazzard and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Favorite toys growing up?
As a child, I played with horse statues, Silly Putty, Play-Doh, Weebles, LEGOs and my great-grandmother's bridge jewelry.

Favorite childhood sports and activities?
I enjoyed waterskiing, volleyball (in grade school and high school and in summer beach competitions), basketball (in grade school and high school), soccer (in college as a midfielder and goalkeeper), rollerblading, roller-skating, tennis and racquetball. I also used to show and jump horses as an adolescent.

Fondest childhood memory?
During the summer after fourth grade, I went to horseback training camp where I learned to ride horses, care for them and compete. I won show and field challenge ribbons with Harlequin, a 13-year-old Pinto.

Favorite vacation destination?
Las Vegas … beautiful hotels, lots of art, lights and fun! Las Vegas also has mountains, dry heat and the beautiful Valley of Fire nearby that make it an ideal vacation destination. I'm a big fan of the Cirque du Soleil productions, and I enjoy the latest show every time I visit Las Vegas. As a child, we spent summers at my family's "Red Cabin" in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, where we fished, hiked, water-skied, sat around campfires, and had fun in the sun.