I am a collector of experiences and memories. My passion is learning and I strive to learn something new every day. I have a passion for researching and discovery and a hunger for information. I grew up in southern California and joined the Navy at 19, fulfilling my “what I want to be when I grow up” dreams. My husband and I live in a small town in Missouri where we are raising our two teenagers to believe in themselves and their aspirations. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, playing video games, and satiating my yearning for knowledge by perusing the Internet to an alarmingly enormous degree. I have developed a broad spectrum of familiarity with enough topics to be moderately dangerous.