My early recollections of "who I wanted to be when I grew up" was a country music superstar. By age three, I was reciting the articulated verses of "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" by Tammy Wynette, age 5, "YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN" age 7, "MAKING LOVE IN MY CHEVY VAN age 10, "TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT" much to the chagrin of my mother who desperately hoped I would be a doctor. After entering college to be a doctor of psychology, I finally realized as a sophomore, the only classes I could stay awake for was art and music hence my transfer to the Graphic Design Department and an employment as a part time troubadour of western, country and cowboy music.

I had no plans of being a proprietress of a design, marketing & internet company upon arriving in Cody, Wyoming in 1993 it just fell into place. I had been a designer in the corporate arena back East for a few years and felt the need to change my surroundings. After a trip to Yellowstone in 1976 and then a trip to Cody in 1992, I moved West the next year. I opened Walking Star Design in 1995 and have since had an office in Billings, Montana in 1997-1999 with plans to expand again in the next 6 years. I have had the pleasure of working with many designers in the last 15 years and feel I now have one of the best teams in the Walking Star office. I also did not plan on a team of primarily just women, it just seems they were 6 of the brightest and most creative, each with their individual strengths and all with a unique sense of humor.