Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, just west of Toronto, we lived across from farm fields of hay, beside a small cement brick plant, and at the end of the road watched folks harvest paddy fields. We took long drives north to visit family and eventually built a cottage on a lake an hour or so from them. I grew up on that lake, spending full summers there. Since then I’ve lived in different places and climates in Canada and now abroad. Growing up in a house that encouraged crafts and sewing I followed and combined my interests, living in different places and while studying the arts.