About Me

Born in northern California, raised in Alexandria, VA, moved to DC in 1998, married in 2001 to Richard, one little boy born in September 2009, two brothers, two sisters-in-law, two nephews, one niece, an unofficial step-mom and -dad, daughter of a Montessori school teacher and a retired Air Force and commercial pilot.
Currently live in a detached house in northwest DC near the National Cathedral in Cleveland Park and own rental properties in DC. Lived in Dupont Circle for about 10 years as well as Foggy Bottom for a year.
Attended Florida Tech my first year, then transferred to and graduated from William and Mary in 1995 with an undergraduate degree in international development. Attended George Washington University and received a MPH in epidemiology in 1999. Lived abroad for five months in Guadalajara, Mexico (1992) and five months in Bogota, Colombia (1995) while attending school.
Real estate designations: ABR (Accredited Buyer’s Representative); GRI (Graduate Real Estate Institute graduate - only 10% of real estate agents have gone through so much education); REALTOR (dedicated to a higher level of service and representation). GREEN (the National Association of Realtor's eco-designation for advanced eco-sustainability training).
Interests and hobbies include traveling, scuba diving (rescue diver), Latin dancing, gardening, cooking and sewing (albeit with very little talent).
Speak English and Spanish fluently.

Worked in international health and development since 1996 for various international organizations, including John Snow (MotherCare Project), PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) and Macro International (a USAID contractor) and have contracted for Glaxo SmithKline as an epidemiologist in hepatitis A related research. Worked in Bolivia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Nicaragua, Uganda and Ghana.
Switched to real estate, have many happy clients and have never looked back! Have always been a big believer in, and frequent practitioner of, investing in real estate as taught practically from birth by dad and my agent relatives in California. Real estate has been a long time love - I've read the real estate pages since I was in grammar school - I work hard because it doesn't feel like work!