Prior to my joining Andavo/Virtuoso and starting Sugarpine Travel, I enjoyed twelve years planning travel, hotels, cruises, holidays and get-aways as an agent with AAA Travel.

Prior to AAA Travel, I began my travel planning career in 1989 at Jockey Club Travel in Marina Del Rey, CA and worked several years later at Newporter Travel in Palm Desert, CA.

According to my Trip Advisor app, I have visited 70 countries in my lifetime, returning to some destinations several times. As the child of a true adventurer, I continued to visit new locations and new countries, whenever possible.

My father introduced me to the thrill of adventure travel at a very early age and I don’t believe that my urges to explore the earth, oceans and new cultures will ever go away.