Hi! Welcome to my home page. This is just a short idea of who I am,
with some pictures and links related to my life.
My exciting news is I got married and had a baby!
So yeah, this page isn't updated.
I am now living in the San Francisco Bay Area, but
I grew up in
Santa Barbara,
CA with my parents and younger sister.
Three of my friends and I bought a
house in
Sunnyvale, CA, which we call
Alpine Butterfly Lodge.
I am currently working at
Intuitive Surgical as a Staff Quality Engineer.
Please see my
resume
to learn more about my previous experience.
I graduated from
Harvey
Mudd College, one of the
Claremont Colleges. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in
General Engineering. Being a female engineer, I am proud to be a
member of the
Society of Women Engineers.
I passed the
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) which makes me an
official Engineer-In-Training (EIT), the first step to becoming
a Professional Engineer.
I have also passed the Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) exam, and am a member of the American Society for Quality.
I went to
Santa Barbara High
School.
One of my interests is dancing.
Most recently, I have been learning square dance with
El Camino Reelers.
I have taken ballroom and latin dance classes, learned contra dancing, country dances, and victorian dances. I would sometimes
go to the
Gaskell Balls, before they stopped having them.
I've also done contact improvisation.
Another interest I have is rock climbing.
I have been going to
Planet Granite in Santa Clara/ Sunnyvale
since September 1999. I have learned how to lead climb and set
anchors, but I haven't been climbing much outdoors. PG offers
yoga,
so I've been doing yoga since June 2006, although not as much recently.
I also did some
CrossFit there intermittently 2008 to 2015.
I took aerial rope and aerial silk/tissue classes at
Trapeze Arts in Oakland May 2006 to March 2007.
I went to an aerial arts class at AcroSports September-December 2008.
I took and aerial conditioning class Fall 2010 at Circus Center, and a rope class in Fall 2011.
Although I have great fun, I doubt I will ever be good enough to run off and join the circus!
I took some dance-climb fusion workshops in 2007 from
AscenDance Project, which is really fun, and just my sort of thing.
My current interest is AcroYoga,
and I started taking some classes at Yoga Belly in April 2017.
Here are some pages of pictures:
Random pictures from my life, and my Chinese calligraphy tattoo.
2001-2002 Vacation photos.
March 2003 China trip.
Also, 2003 was my Year of Travel,
including London and France.
Vacations in 2004 to 2006.
2007-2008 trips, featuring
Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina.
More China, and Tibet! 2009.
Ireland in 2010.
Much needed breaks in 2011 to 2013.
India in 2013.
Some pictures from trips in 2015, 2016, and 2017, including my mini-sabbatical.
Adventures with Mike in 2018, including Galapagos and Switzerland.
A few of my pictures of Burning Man.
This is my family.
Mudd scenes, freshman through senior year.
I got my motorcycle license summer of 1996.
Some pictures from my high school days.
Some costumes I have worn.
These are some sites that might be interesting:
Here is a list of friends with pages.
A recipe from a high school science class.
I have graduated, so am now part of the Harvey Mudd College Alumni
Association.
Other professional societies I am a member of, besides SWE and ASQ:
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation,
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.
We had PV solar panels put in by
REgrid Power in March 2005, and they did a great job.
They also installed our solar thermal pool heating system in 2009,
but that is not their expertise.
We were participating in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) from
2001 to about 2018, and really liked our weekly box of vegetables from
Two Small Farms
(Mariquita Farms and High Ground Organics), but have not been quite as good about getting through the box recently. At the end of 2009, we also had an all fruit CSA for a year,
Frog Hollow Farm, which was nice.
We used to get our homemade bread from The Flour Smith, before she decided to work for a larger bakery.
Virtual Florist is a nice place if you want to send "flowers" to a friend!
I use handkerchiefs from Hankettes.
I like puzzle rings.
Places for dancing in the bay area:
Cubberley Pavilion,
Saddle Rack,
Friday Night Waltz,
Wednesday Night Hop,
Palomar Ballroom,
Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto,
CounterPulse,
South Bay Fusion,
Palo Alto Contra,
Alberto's.
A good resource for hikes around here: Bay Area Hiker. Arroyo Seco is a river hike that we have been on many times.
I like
Cirque du Soleil, and think they are amazing athletes and artists.
Drum Corps International takes me back to marching.
I was doing a little bit of
Tai Chi off and on November 2001 to November 2006.
The Neverhood is a fun game, and I liked playing the great game
Grim Fandango.
Some of my housemates and I are fans of Joss Whedon and hence
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and spent 2006 watching all 7+5 seasons.
Firefly and Dr. Horrible are of course fabulous as well.
We also really enjoyed the Peter Jackson films
The Lord of the Rings.
I don't have a television, but some of the shows I like:
Bones,
Sherlock,
Downton Abbey,
North & South.
An easy way to build a dome.
If you are interested in
Recent Earthquakes in California.
Some friends and housemates and I competed in a
relay triathlon at Granite Bay in September 2002.
I bought my mountain bikes from
Trailhead Cyclery
and my road bike from
Walt's Cycle.
I went to Curves August 2004 to July 2006.
I liked reading Reader's Digest at my grandma's house.
I bought a Linux machine from LinuxBoxen.com in 2000.
If you want to find colors
for web pages,
this is the site I used.