College

  • School Name: California State University - Fullerton
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2005
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Music Education
  • Minor(s): Spanish
  • Sports: Fencing - Women's Sabre Squad
  • Organizations: American Choral Director's Association, Percussion Ensemble, Women's Choir & University Singers

High School

  • School Name: Los Alamitos High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Organizations: Marching Band, Concert Band, Drum Line, Concert Choir, ABC Orchestra, OCHSA Wind Ensemble & OCHSA Jazz Combo II

More About Me

  • Nationality: American mutt!
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: My church family & my immediate family
  • Interests: Traveling, music, arts & crafts, swimming, & anything outdoors
  • Expertise: Music (hope so, since I'm a music teacher!)
  • Occupation: Music Teacher
  • Industry: Education

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Anything on HGTV, Pushing Up Daisies
  • Favorite Channels: HGTV
  • Favorite Reruns: I Dream of Genie
  • Most Addictive Show: Friends or Simpsons
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Letterman
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Sponge Bob Square Pants
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Pushing Up Daisies

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Benchwarmers, Braveheart, Monty Python & the Holy Grail
  • Favorite Actors: Julia Roberts
  • Favorite Genre: Comedy & historical drama
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Braveheart
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Star Wars (the old ones) & Indiana Jones
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Natalie Portman

Video Games

  • Games I Play: pretty much anything on Wii
  • Consoles: Wii is the best!
  • Gaming Alias: nope, not that dorky
  • Most Addictive: Sims or Zelda
  • Proudest Achievements: Beating an entire Zelda game before my little brother!

Style

  • Where I shop: Ray-Ray's closet (love hand-me-downs!) & L.A. Fashion District (you can bargain and they have great stuff)
  • Brands I love: Express
  • Can't live without: jewelry -- sometimes I pick out outfits just to go with the jewels
  • Prized Possessions: my high school & college class rings
  • Guilty Pleasure: shoes, especially sandals. Living in California, I like to pretend that it's summer all year long.

Travel

  • Places I love: Panama & Central America in general.
  • Places I've been: Panama (3 times), Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, England & Spain.
  • Places to see before I die: India, Cuba, Thailand & Fiji
  • Dream Vacation: A year-long excursion to every tropical country in the world going by yacht with professional guides and translators & my close friends and family coming along.

Music

  • Favorite Genre: Depends on my mood. I listen to everything from Spanish rock to oldies to bluegrass to reggae.
  • Favorite Songs: Right now it's "Bowling Ball" by Superchick
  • Favorite Lyrics: "We have trophies to win, instead of bein' one of yours."
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Eagles & Chicago
  • Songs I hate: Anything with stupid lyrics where the musician thinks that pick-up lines or cussing qualifies as art.
  • Band I wish I was in: None. I wouldn't want to ever be a celebrity.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Depends on what I'm in the mood for! I'm very adventurous when it comes to food.
  • Favorite Dishes: Rigga's mashed potatoes, angel hair pasta w/ marinara sauce and pretty much anything with beef in it!
  • Favorite Desserts: If it has chocolate and doesn't have nuts, I'm game.
  • Favorite Drinks: Green tea, hot chocolate, & non-fat milk
  • Favorite Junk Foods: dark chocolate & cookie dough ice cream
  • Best meal ever: Thanksgiving at my mom's
  • Favorite Restaurants: I love hole-in-the-wall places
  • Foods I hate: Mushrooms, nuts, & avocados (allergic to that one)

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Bible, Harry Potter series, mysteries, biographies, anything with an excellent vocabulary and a happy ending!
  • Recent Reads: The Bible -- makin' my way through Isaiah right now.