I moved to Los Angeles in 1989 after graduating with a graphic design degree from a small school in La Crosse, WI and previously attended the University of WI, Platteville, for 1 year. I am the youngest of 10 children from a small town in southwest Wisconsin.

After moving to Los Angeles, I landed my first job in advertising by answering a blind advertisement in the back of a trade magazine for a secretary position - I obviously decided against a career in design! They gave me a typing test because we all used the electric typewriter back then. I could type about 90-100 words / minute, thanks to a high school class I took to learn how to type. She asked me if I knew what they did at this company and my reply was I have no idea". Wasn't the BEST answer