Gender	Female
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	Printing Guru
Location	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Introduction	Reared in a coastal city in NC, I moved to DC in 1998 and haven't lived farther south since. Although my true love is interior design, I work as a publishing specialist. You can find me anywhere between DC and Baltimore.
Interests	Parenting, interior design, caring for my introvert, liberal arts, civic beautification, social justice, Baltimore city, environmentalism, international travel, landscaping, photography, sangria y tapas, vegetarian cuisine, politics, NYC-international.
Favorite movies	List needs to be updated: Artemisia, The Wire, The Professional, Midnight Cowboy, City of God (Cidade de Deus), The Professional, Perfume, Artificial Intelligence, Office Space, Slam, The Godfather I &; II, Amelie, Palindromes, A Clockwork Orange, Elizabeth, Snatch, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pitch Black, Silence of the Lambs, Pulp Fiction, The Color Purple, The Lover, Angels &; Insects, Quills, Chocolat, Dancer in the Dark, Wuthering Heights, Purple Rain (lol), The Piano, A Bronx Tale, Ghostdog, Farewell My Concubine, 9-5, Shakespeare in Love, Glory, Ocean..s Eleven, Imitation of Life, Braveheart, Full Metal Jacket, Spirited Away, Carlito's Way, Coming to America, Mommie Dearest, Fight Club, Goodfellas, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Seven Samarai, Boomerang, Vertigo, Watership Down, Kill Bill 1&;2, North by Northwest, Fargo, Alien, Precious, Hero, Clash of the Titans (yes, really)... Favorite Actors: Bette Davis, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Jeffrey Wright, Robert DeNiro, Forest Whitaker, Gary Oldham, Don Cheadle, Ian McKellan, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Smith.
Favorite music	I'll listen to anything once but my standbys tend to be: classic/"neo" soul, deep house/disco, bossa nova, salsa, classic/lounge jazz, alternative/classic rock, Afro-anything, electronica, classic/diggin-in-the-crates hip-hop. Some of my all-time favorite artists (not conclusive and in no particular order): Stevie Wonder, Maria Bethania, Bob Marley, Prince, Radiohead, Erykah Badu, Rufus Wainwright, Marvin Gaye, Bjork, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Maxwell, Ghostface/Wu, Jeff Buckley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Flaming Lips, Jill Scott, Fleet Foxes, Bilal, Jimi Hendrix.
Favorite books	Ninety percent of what I've read over the past 10 years deals with interior design/self-help. I don't read fiction as much as I'd like. Some my all-time favorites include Parable of the Sower, Animal Farm, Another Country, The Stand, Love in Time of Cholera, The Color Purple, The Bluest Eye, Tar Baby, The Handmaid's Tale, The Alienst...