I have lived in Deep River all of my life, except for the two years I attended St Lawrence college in Kingston. I  majored in photography through the fine art program there.

I attended the Deep River Craft fair in 2009 where Ligita Gulens was demonstrating the potters' wheel. I was very intrigued. I then joined the Deep River Potters guild....practice, practice, practice....like the song goes, "the pots on the wheel go round and round...round and round ,round and round ..."