Although I was introduced to architecture very early, I came into the field in the middle of my life. Because of personal circumstances, I became a single principal of my firm in a very short time after school.

My career morphed into designing sophisticated residential homes. I enjoyed working with clients who respected my knowledge of the landscape, siting and human scaled details with an educated artistic eye.

Architecture is a multi faceted field. Not only should a professional be able to think spatially and three dimensionally and draw that to specifications, but, especially when working in residential design, she must be a listener, a marketer, a sales person, a therapist, and a lawyer.

I love communicating with people, and am easily able to listen to what they have to say. I am able to work directly with the client in the design phase, and directly with the construction crew in the building phase. This is most important when one's client is so personally involved with the project. To be a salesperson on an issue, one has to respectfully listen and discuss and then propose. A client of mine, a very discriminate lawyer, once said: "What are my options?" and that has always been in my thoughts: to think outside the box on decision making. As a sole practitioner in my career, I had many decisions to question. Another early supporter said to me: "If you do not know something, tell the client you do not know the answer, but you will find out the right answer." In other words always be up front and honest in your dealings with your clients. I like my clients to be happy.