I AM A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, ADMINISTRATOR OF A LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FOR THE DISABLED, A DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR AND AN ADULT EDUCATION TEACHER WHO HAS KEPT A DIARY SINCE THE AGE OF TWELVE AND AT RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC WORK IS NOW WRITING TO HAVE MY SAY. I HAVE WRITTEN A BLACK LESBIAN THRILLER PUBLISHED BY DORRANCE AND A SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK OF POETRY. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING MY FIRST NON-FICTION BOOK, TITLED; WHITE ALLIES: THE MISSING PIECES IN SERVICE TO THE CENTER FOR THE HEALING OF RACISM, HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE I NOW LIVE.
I LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. I RETURNED TO HOUSTON TO ASSIST IN THE CARING OF MY DYING MOTHER AND HAVE REMAINED HERE WITH MY SIBLINGS AND MY RESCUE ANIMALS.
I PARTICIPATED IN HANDS ACROSS AMERICA IN 1986, HAVE BEEN A SPONSOR IN AL-ANON,AND CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENTS PROMOTING AN END TO RACISM,AGEISM, AND SEXISM. AT MY AGE, I LOVE WRITING AS A WAY OF HAVING MY SAY.