Has been inciting the creativity of older adults and younger collaborators since 1990, at Institute on Aging, Center for Elders Independence, Mills College, Albany Senior Center, Stagebridge, and many others. In 2008 she founded the exuberant Impromptu No Tutu elder ensemble to show the world what dance in later life can be. She is a certified Orff Schulwerk music and movement educator and t’ai Chi practitioner. B.A., Cornell University; M.F.A., Performance, California College of the Arts. She also collaborates with USF Dance Generators