In the early years, I lived in Portage and attended Portage Northern and KAMSC.  I spent all of my free time at the dance studio. Dance Inc. is no longer around but it has many ties to the studios in the area.  I loved dancing and teaching (comes in handy during dancer sessions).  Then I went off to college – WAY across town to Kalamazoo College.  K College still holds a very special place in my heart – I loved my time there…and really the ability to study abroad while being a science major is an incredible thing.  I lived in Spain for 6 months…I can’t even explain how amazing it was.

After K, I began working for Pharmacia and Upjohn…which soon became Pharmacia and then Pfizer. I was a medicinal chemist/process chemist for almost ten years.  I met my husband at Pfizer and we bought a house in Mattawan…where little did I know at the time one of my future senior clients lived just around the block.

From Kalamazoo, we moved to Ann Arbor, Connecticut, NYC, back to Connecticut and finally back home to Kalamazoo.  My older daughter Hannah is 20 and attends Purdue University  and was born in Kalamazoo but Leah, my 17 year old, was born in Connecticut, and is now a senior at Portage Central.  Likewise, my photography business was born in Connecticut.  It has been 17 years and I am happy to say that I love my career.  The nerdy part of my brain (I was a chemist!) enjoys the technical aspects of photography and the artsy side (uh, hello…dancer) loves the creativity, the composition, the color and the light.

If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that my heart is traveling with my family. In the recent years, we’ve been to Italy, Bahamas, Spain, Morocco, Florida beaches, and more. Next winter, we are headed to Hawaii for the holidays.

In my free time, I love to watch Hannah dance with Purdue Contemporary Dance Company, Leah compete in her final gymnastics season, cook with my family and travel. I am also a reader (my current go to books are sports romance or romantasy -you can keep your judgement – I like what I like) and love to binge all the streaming networks.
As almost empty nesters, my husband Andy and I plan to travel with our replacement children – two adorable Vizslas, Freya and Frankie. I can’t wait to meet you!
Becky