BA in English Literature from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. MA in Linguistics from University of Washington, Seattle, WA, MBA in IT from City University of Seattle. Worked for the Boeing Company in IT for ten years. Relocated to Salt Lake are in 1996. Served as a Utah Court Interpreter for the last ten years. Also served on the Utah Courts Language Access Committee 2011-15. Founder and Executive Director of Salt Lake American Refugee Services. Also a Medicare Insurance Agent since 2019.