My Husband Ken and I have an adult son Matthew, daughter-in-law Chylee, and grandsons Xander and Hollis, and two adult daughters Laura and Haley. We also have two cats Oliver and Siren.

Academic Stuff: M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Idaho, specializing in combinatorics. M.A. in Education and B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University

Places I have lived: Mt. Edgecumbe, AK; Portland, OR; Sitka, AK; Palo Alto, CA; Woodinville, WA; Moscow, ID; Kenmore, WA; Federal Way, WA

Other Countries I have visited: Canada, Bulgaria, Vietnam, China, an airport in Istanbul, Turkey, an airport in Taipei, Taiwan, and an airport in Seoul, South Korea

Hobbies: Math, math and logic puzzles, bicycling, binge watching Netflix

Favorite Quotes: Some of you may have had occasion to run into mathematicians, and to wonder therefore, how they got that way - Tom Lehrer

Teachers who count numbers are the scariest kind there is. - Junie B. Jones (Barbara Park)