Location: Northwest Washington

Hobbies: I love to ride my bike around town with friends, taking my dogs hiking, going out to see live music, Seattle Sounders games, reading, learning how to play the guitar, and trying to be creative.  I enjoy regularly starting crafty projects, but rarely finishing them.  I love enjoying food, and of course consuming large amounts of Mamma Chia to fuel all these exciting activities.       
On her iPod: Lately, I’ve been really into the Stevie Wonder Pandora station.  It’s amazing and filled with greats like Aretha, Earth, Wind and Fire, and the Jackson 5.  Other bands that I’ve been playing on repeat for the last year are Mumford and Sons, The Other Lives, Of Monsters and Men, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., and the Shins.  Basically, a bunch of brooding indie rock.
Favorite Quote: “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa.  This is certainly not my favorite quote of all time, but the most thought-provoking quote I’ve heard in the last few weeks.       
Favorite Animal: Well, I could try to come up with something clever and exotic, or I could just be real and boring and admit that I am obsessed with dogs.  I have two: a chocolate lab/hound mix named Vader, and a Boston/Boxer mix named Dexter.  They are by far my favorite animals.           
Favorite Mamma Chia Flavor: Definitely Coconut Mango.  That stuff is unstoppable, and makes me feel like I’m on a tropical island.       
Bio: I fell in love with Bellingham (WA) when I moved here eight years ago, and am still so happy to call it home.  I am back in school once again studying to be a Veterinary Technician and afterwards possibly Vet School, but it’s been a long road trying to figure out what I “want to be when I grow up.”  I’ve been a sea kayak guide, a snowboard/skate shop buyer, a burrito roller, a bartender, a scuba shop salesperson, worked at a nursery (the garden kind), a Humane Society volunteer, and a Mamma Chia Ambassador.  I’ve driven across the country twice, lived in New Hampshire for awhile and went to Alaska for a couple summers, but always ended up back in the Pacific Northwest.

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