Lived in many Army Posts and Air Force Bases as an Army brat and Air Force wife. Received a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science at Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan and worked in several hospital labs. Earned a MS in Microbiology at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, TX and moved to Dover, Delaware and taught Biology and Microbiology at Wesley College and started a BS in Clinical Lab Science program.Moved to Batesville, Arkansas and taught Biology and Microbiology and started a BS in Clinical Lab Science program at ArkansasCollege. While at Wesley College I took classes during the summer and on sabatical at Catholic University of America and earned a PhD in Microbiology. From Arkansas I went to teach at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX. I retired as Assoc. Professor and moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico to take care of my mother. After she died I returned to Galveston where my youngest daughter lived with her family. We all came to Harlingen where she started three pharmacies, two in Brownsville and one in Mission. I became active in the Town and Country Garden Club and several other church related activities, As chair of the District Vi Texas Garden Club Scholarship Committee, I was aware that the endowment for the Scholarships needed added funds to continue and it was decided to publish a cookbook for a fund raiser. Sarah Book Publishers was contacted and we produced a cookbook titled "South Texas Cooking :1850 to Tomorrow". I had written lab manuals and continuing education materials while teaching but the cookbook was the first written and published.