I am a native Texas girl having grown up outside of Austin Texas. I have always had a love of both the mountains and the ocean. And, fortunately, for the last 20+ years I have divided my time between two beautiful homes--one in Southern California near the ocean, and the other in Placitas, New Mexico, in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. I am a former educator, and for the past 20+ years I have owned my own K-12 educational sales company....at one time covering the 6 states of California, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas. Today, I have cut way back but still do business in New Mexico, and Southern California.