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Steamboat Springs — Age: 44

Occupation: Server, Creekside Cafe and Grill; wedding planner

Place of birth: Illinois

Q. When did you move to Routt County, and what brought you here?

A. 1991 - the beauty, the people and the lifestyle.

Q. What's the biggest risk you've taken recently?

A. Becoming a single parent.

Q. Has a book ever changed your life? What was it and why?

A. "A New Earth," by Eckhart Tolle. Learning to live in the moment is such a gift.

Q. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?

A. What comes around, goes around, good and bad.

Q. What three things would you want people to know about you?

A. I am honest, friendly and love a good chat.

Q. What did you want to be when you grew up?

A. A mom for sure, and past that anything that I was happy doing at the time. I love "people work."

Q. If you could invite any four people to dinner, who would they be and what would you talk about?

A. Jerry Garcia, Pete Townsend, Elton John and Martin Luther King Jr. - life lessons, being young and music.

Q. Do you collect anything?

A. Good memories and friends.

Q. In the Meatloaf song, "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that," what is that?

A. Change my goofy personality.

Q. Who is your favorite superhero? Why?

A. Underdog. He is so cute, and I love how his big ears flap.

Q. If you could go back in time, to what event or time period would you go?

A. The 1970s - I would go to a Grateful Dead show as often as I could. It would be similar to my own youth, but I did that in the '80s. I would like to see what a '70s Dead show was like.

Q. What is your favorite thing to do in Routt County?

A. Hike.

Favorites

Song: Too many to list

Color: Green

Food: Mexican

Sport to watch: Soccer

Vacation spot: Costa Rica

Recreational activity: Skiing and hiking

Movie: "Fried Green Tomatoes" or "The Shawshank Redemption"

Magazine: National Geographic