About Me

Roxana, who is introduced in the book, is transferring to UCSC this fall.

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Isaac just graduated high school and will now be studying at our local community college.

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Carmen is in high school and plays the bari sax. 

I started medical school in my 30s, and moved to the Caribbean with my husband and 3 kids. It's been quite an adventure, and I'm glad they went on this wild ride with me.  I trained in Family Medicine and work as a Hospitalist. When I'm not working, I'm pretty busy.

In my free time, I love to help out at My Friend's Place in Hollywood. I've also traveled overseas to volunteer in Dominica after Hurricane Maria, I spent a week in Haiti over the summer last year (our return trip was postponed this year due to political unrest), and I volunteer with a great group of pre-health students from UC Irvine - they go down to Mexico every month to help run a free clinic. I've also started volunteering at an orphanage in Tijuana with my church.

Author of the memoir, Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood and the middle school fiction series: The Resilience Group. There are a number of works in progress, including 2 stand-alone YA books.