- Occupation: Nonprofit Organization Director
- Founder & Spokesperson, For Grace (http://www.forgrace.org), a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring the ethical and equal treatment of all women in pain
- Ballerina before becoming ill with the chronic pain disease, RSD, 23 years ago
- BA Dance, University of California Irvine
- Championed two CA Senate Informational Hearings about chronic pain issues
- Delivered CA RSD Education Bill to Gov. Schwarzenegger's Desk Year One in 2005
- Award of Excellence, Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Universal Health Care
- Chronic Pain Awareness & Education
- Accessibility and Integration of People With Disabilities
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- Jim Alger, President, Northridge West Neighborhood Council
- Morgan Grether, PhD, Educator, University of Southern California
- Betty Ferrell, PhD FAAN, Research Scientist, City of Hope Medical Center
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- Why I Care...
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I've chosen "Health with dignity--let's care for people" as the words to define my campaign
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