Moved to Hawaii, lived in Oahu for 5 years, moved to Los Angeles, California, lived in CA for 20 years; moved to Santa Barbara, CA for 13 years, moved to Massachusetts in 2011 and been here ever since. Graduated from Loma Linda University (California) with a BS. Worked for Kaiser-Permanente for 20+ years and currently work for the VA for the last 5 years.