I think people actually do like to know a little about a person's past—like, where did she come from? And I have a great past. But you should know, a lot of my past, if I told you it, you might think I was making it up... so I will put it in here someday and see if you believe it... :)
This spot is going to be for fun photo-memoires sometime maybe, especially memoires from my acting career but until that happens I'll just include some bio info...
Okay here's your more-or-less standard bio, for those of you who like that.  I'm amazed you found it-
I grew up playing guitar and singing folk, soul, blues and pop, but had crawled around to Ella, Sarah, Louis Armstrong, the Duke, Frank, discovered Dinah, Billie (played nothing else for months), Louis Jordan, and Miles. I could go on, of course. 
Was raised immersed in the melange of cultures (hence the languages) in Riverside, but migrated up the coast to Santa Cruz for most of my adult years. Was originally trained as an actor but took to jazz and studied with Ray Brown (the trumpeter not the bassist) as well as many wonderful vocalists.
Relocated to LA in '03, and the city of angels took me under its tattered but shiny and flightworthy wing. Have had the great good fortune to play with some of this city's world-class artists... and the rest you'll just have to check out from here on out... or wait til I'm ready to include the juicy parts.. And the best is yet to come.