Thank you for visiting my site. While you’re here, I’d like to tell you some things about me, indicating my abilities to succeed in an excellent graduate program in museum studies. I became a seasoned traveler early in life; my first move was from Phoenix to San Francisco at the ripe old age of six weeks. It is a trend that continued throughout my childhood and young adulthood. In fact, the three and a half years I have completed at ASU mark the greatest time spent in any one location. Certainly there were times when I didn’t relish the role of new kid, but generally, I find a lot of truth in the maxim that travel broadens one’s outlook. Exposure to other people and cultures, including the many subcultures in the United States, has sparked intense curiosity on my part about how we can all be so different yet still have so much in common. It is what led me to study history and psychology as an undergraduate, and what continues to motivate me to pursue museum studies at the graduate level. I believe that I am on a quest of sorts because I don’t think the past, particularly in the post-industrialized world, speaks to people with any urgency. But, it should. One of my goals is to complete my education—at least the formal part of it—with the skills and abilities that will make it possible for me to instill that sense of urgency into anyone who will listen. Another goal is to achieve enough stature in the work place to be in the position to make it happen. The undergraduate interdisciplinary studies have unquestionably prepared me for both.