About  (around, touching on, give or take a few)

I'm a San Francisco based writer and teacher. 

​I grew up in small towns in Oregon, got a BA in Theatre from Willamette University, then moved to San Francisco in 1983. I temped in downtown offices, worked at The Record Factory, waited tables, then designed databases. 

Along the way I acted at Theatre Rhinoceros, The Magic and The Eureka, was a founding member of the Z Collective, started writing, then got my MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

I live in the sunny Mission district and teach at Santa Clara University.

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Further About   (additional, supplemental, other)

Here's a video interview, with some thoughts about writing and teaching. It's from a great site called WriterBuilds designed and run by some fabulous former SFSU students. 
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Some more thoughts from an interview by, another wonderful SFSU student, Michael Shufro. This appeared in SFSU's Transfer Magazine.