I am a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, where my early years were intertwined with life on a nearby sugar cane plantation.  This circumstance enabled me to gain the background to write this story.

    I met my life's partner, an officer the U.S. Army Air Force, during WWII.  In the ensuing years we settled, first in Massachusetts, where we were blessed with two wonderful daughters, and later here in California.  During this time I studied cosmetology, received my license, owned and operated three beauty shops.  I also contracted with a locked patient care facility to operate their beauty shop where I was often called on to counsel patrons in various stages of mental health.  As a teenager I had taken a lively interest in my island's politics.  I have continued this interest to this day.  I am also an avid supporter of environmental and wildlife causes.  All this time an undercurrent of interest in writing ran through me.  I longed to express the deep feeling I have for the indigent and disenfranchised of my country and those I've encountered here.  That dream was realized with the publication of my first novel, Island Fury a year ago. Although not autobiographical, I tried to recapture the era and life I remembered from my earlier years. Encouraged by the response to my book I am presently writing a sequel to Island Fury and have two additional stories waiting in the wings.