I graduated from El Segundo High School in 1978 and won first place in Ralston Purina's Annual College Scholarship Essay Contest with a $10,000 award.  In 1982 I graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Economics with honors. From 1983 to 1985 I attended New York University completing all courses towards the M.A. in economics. From 1985 to until 1999 I worked as a systems analyst for various large firms including Columbia Pictures and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1999 I joined my parents' real estate company in Wrightwood, CA – Park Place Realty.  Park Place Realty was founded in 1990 and is one the longest continuing real estate firms in Wrightwood. My Parents retired in 2010.  I have been one of the most active realtors in Wrightwood from 1999 to the present.