So who am I? I’m a geeky chick who is utterly and completely in love with technology. I’m your average, run of the mill ENTP codemonkey, designer, author, speaker, blogger, swordfighter, Warcrafter, rennie, scuba diver, blacksmith, sculptor, and crime-fighter.

A Little History

After an unfulfilling career on Wall Street, I moved into the website and graphic design industry 14 years ago. Now located in Hudson Valley, New York, I left New York City in early 2000 for San Diego, California to accept the position of Technical Director at Inter@ctivate, where I had been a long-time contractor.

Prior to that, I taught Graphic Design and Advanced Web Development for Long Island University and worked as the Senior Producer at Cybergrrl, Inc – (parent company to Cybergrrl.Com, Webgrrls, and Femina – and no, they’re not porn sites.)

Before leaving San Diego, I enjoyed a wonderful position as a web developer for the San Diego Blood Bank, where I developed database applications that help save lives. In September of 2006, I moved back to the east coast to settle into the Hudson Valley, New York area.

In my (limited) free time, I am the director of Pet-Abuse.Com and continue to use my skills to provide online resources to further our cause, creating the first and only database-driven system to track, monitor and update criminal animal abuse. I am also the co-founder of EverydayActivist.Com, a website that helps everyday people learn what they can do to save the earth.

Additionally, I am an active member of the PHP development community, both online and off, offering peer support through IRC, as well as co-authoring a PHP book and a mySQL book for Wrox Press.