I grew up in California and Colorado and attended the University of Northern Colorado, where I earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications. While I was in college I worked as a news announcer at two radio stations and wrote theater reviews for the campus newspaper.

After college, I moved to California where I worked for a variety of companies, including Disneyland. Eventually I settled in Silicon Valley, where I edited technical manuals for a defense contractor and did freelance writing and editing.

I also wrote comedy sketches and performed with an improv comedy troupe in the San Jose Bay Area. My sketches and voice work were featured on radio and television stations in San Jose and San Francisco.