HELLO!

* born in California and currently residing in the Pacific Northwest *
Growing up in California my exploration of trees started as a toddler. I roamed the Pine and Fir forests of Lake Arrowhead and later, Mt San Jacinto. - Every summer my Mom and I would road trip to the Central Coast for a summer vacation; out of the car window I would see beautiful stately trees with wide trunks and heavy branches and tiny variously shaded green leaves, those were the Oaks of the Central Coast-
In my 20’s I moved to Sonoma County to attend Sonoma State University where I studied to become a Park Ranger.
Sonoma County is blessed with stunning Oak Woodlands and Redwoods. It was there that my tree knowledge and adoration expanded and I was granted the chance to now begin studying Oaks and understand the Redwood ecosystem.

Formal training:

• Girl Scout’s - camping in Idyllwild, CA and backpacking in San Jacinto National Forest, CA

• Black and White Film Development [6th grade in Irvine, CA]

• Beginning Black and White Photography [Napa College, CA]

• Sonoma State University Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Planning

• Family hikes and local ecosystem knowledge and reverence [Sky Forest, CA - Lake Arrowhead, CA, Yosemite NP, CA]

• Miles of hikes and walks in the forest and oak woodlands

• Wildland FireFighter [CDF/CalFire 1986-1993]
  
  Currently, I am focused on bringing about 25 years of Tree photos to this site.
  My next step will be to build an interactive show based on my Tree photos.
  

thnx for stopping by!

M