A native of south Florida moved to Evansville, Indiana in 1992. Then attending the University of Southern Indiana and Ivy Tech state college, graduated with honors as a Registered Nurse. I choose this path as opposed to that of art because I was confident that my perseverance in being an artist would prevail. Nursing has been a priority in my life since childhood due to losing my father to heart disease at the age of only 37, and I vowed to make a difference through nursing. The passion to paint has been a constant, but has grown stronger as this is part of me and expressing...more