- Overture Center for the Arts – Juried art exhibition – September 2021
- Featured on the Society of Illustrators SI Kids website – June 2021
- Kidlit411 Banner design finalist – May 2021
- Wrote and published picture book, “Who’s Behind the Mask?” in November 2021.
- Member of SCBWI, 2015-2022, and 2000
- Paint landscapes and portraits in oils. Works have sold at Jura Silverman Gallery, Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Janus Galleries, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Member of Wisconsin Visual Artists and Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople.
- American Juried Art Salon, award Master Artist, spring 2007 (Jurists included: Dr. Charles Garoian, Tom Barnes, Michelle Eischen, Dr. Don Bergland, Mark Gordon, Barton College, Noah Simblist, Charles DeBus, Dr. Jennifer Spencer, Max Kazemzadeh, and Phyllis M. Sunberg.)
- American Juried Art Salon awards, spring 2007, fall 2006.
- Blue Moon national art contest, award, fall 2007.
- Classes and workshops with Robert Schultz, Diane Rath, and Lucia Luconi Winner.
- Participated in Madison Area Open Art Studios
- Member of SCBWI and attended conferences in NY, LA, and Chicago. (Received mentorship 2018-2019)
- Bachelor of Business Administration – University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Technical writer for STEM industries for over 30 years