I have a husband of fifteen years named Jude. In December of 2008, we adopted our amazing daughter Maya right after she was born. They are the joy of my life.

For the last 30 years, I have been a violinist/violist, sometimes semi-professionally. I've played in many orchestras, including the Illinois All-State Honors Orchestra (principal violist), the Harvard-Radcliffe Bach Society Orchestra (principal violist), the St. Louis Philharmonic, and the Boston Philharmonic. I also won first prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as part of the Greenfield Quartet.

I am quite serious about health and fitness, especially yoga. I hit the gym and/or the yoga studio almost every day.

I am totally obsessed with the Rachel Maddow Show and with National Geographic.

I hungrily consume non-math books when I have the time, which is not as often as I’d like. These days, most of my reading gets done on a Kindle Fire.

I have completed the first few units of the North Carolina EMT-B curriculum (way back when) but I never finished, and then I moved out of the state. I eventually hope to finish my training in Minnesota and become certified.