I am continually torn between two different worlds: the sciences and the arts. After getting a degree in chemistry from MIT, I spent several years at Massachusetts College of Art studying illustration. Most people that I know would just get a job in the sciences or engineering and do their art or craft as a hobby, but I've never been able to do anything halfway, it is all or nothing. I tend to get obsessed with whatever I do.

In the winter of 2002 I became obsessed with beading. In not very long I was beading 60 hours a week.