I am a woman who has spent a lifetime in the passionate pursuit of leveling the playing field, especially in matters of education, racial issues, civil rights. I have, as a professional artist, writer and educator, with a strong interest in children/youth, utilized my art in the service of this. I am always available to be a part of any effort that attempts to better the lives of others. I have authored two non-fiction books: "It Takes A Village To Raise An Idiot" - about racism in public education; and "We White People", about Our role in overcoming the embarrassing social gaps, fears not only of "Them", but of each others' judgment, should we choose to expand our awareness of and association with our African American brethren - the only book of its kind. Both books are soon-to-be-published.