I am an author, illustrator, and animator who writes picture books through middle grade novels. My published work includes Sally and the Purple Socks, a Children's Choice Book which was also included in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Literacy Program, and the award-winning Buster the Very Shy Dog early reader series. I also illustrated Toots the Cat: A Collection Of Cat Poems, written by Karla Kuskin. Currently, I volunteer as the Illustrator Coordinator for the Los Angeles SCBWI region. "Moon Breath Beat", one of my independently animated films, is in the National Film Registry.