Skating bio:
I began skating in 1986, my first competition was at Murray’s rink and I skated in ISIA level Freestyle 1. I won the gold, which was pretty easy because there was no one else signed up for this event. The most difficult maneuver was a waltz jump, which in non-skating related sports terms, is about as strenuous as picking up a football, cannonballing into a pool, running with a baton, or swinging the bat on deck. Nonetheless, I was hooked on skating. Eight years later, I passed my Senior freeskate, my junior figures, and my pre-silver dance tests. If you’re not a skater, I’ll put it into high school SAT terms: I scored a 1600 in freestyle, a 1400 in figures, and a 1200 in dance. If only I’d done that well on the actual SAT. I competed all the way up through college, and then joined the professional ranks, signing onto shows like Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice, and Hollywood on Ice.

My hometown rink:
The rink where I grew up skating has a very special place in my heart (and in Chapter 3 of my book). Murray’s Rink is located in Yonkers, New York and you can find more information about the rink and the Yonkers Figure Skating Club at www.YFSC.org The YFSC is an amazing club, in which so many of my childhood memories live. To find out more about figure skating in general, please go to www.usfsa.org

Coaching:
I started coaching at the Tucson Figure Skating Club in 1999 when I was in grad school at the University of Arizona. The TFSC is a great club with wonderful members whom I miss very much. Today, I live in Colorado and I coach at the Sun Microsystems Ice Centre in Westminster, CO, focusing on choreography, power/endurance, and freestyle. If you happen to be in the area and would like to schedule a private skating lesson, please drop me an email! I also run a week-long skating camp called Camp Colorado, in the summer.