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In 1975 I married a fellow medical illustrator and left San Francisco for Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The printmaking continued, but a family with two teenage children and working full time, doesn’t leave much time for fine art. Active, in the Association of Medical Illustrators, I was elected President in 1994. With the end of our marriage, in 1987, I took a position on the faculty at UT Southwestern Med School in Dallas where I taught surgical illustration in the Biomedical Illustration Graduate Program while heading up the Dept of Medical Illustration Services. On and off during these years, I hosted 5 foster children and some 20 or so graduate students, many from foreign countries. In 1996 my lifelong ambition of returning to my fine art started on a part-time basis as I began sketching with friends and producing fine art for commissions and gallery sales. This led to hosting a Friday night weekly figure painting session, and workshops on portraiture and pastel painting.  As a member of the Portrait Society of America, I was appointed to the position of Ambassador for the state of Texas serving as a link between the state's membership and the national organization.