I was first introduced to pool as a child with my family's bumper pool table. Then, as a teenager, I started playing real pool. When I got to college, I joined the Billiard Club and began to fall in love with the game. I won a few collegiate 9-ball tournaments and that inspired me to start taking my pool game more seriously. I began to play competitive matches and enter weekly tournaments in and around Dallas, Texas, where I grew up. I was fortunate to be surrounded by some fantastic players, several of whom were helpful to my game and encouraged me.

I met a group of women in Dallas who introduced me to the regional tournament circuit and I started playing on the Hunter tour (now the OB-1 tour). When I played at my first Hunter tour stop in Austin, Texas, I knew that's where I wanted to live. I talked to the pool room's owner and got a job in the pool hall. I transferred to the University of Texas and went to school during the day and worked at night in the pool hall. I ran a weekly tournament and continued to play while I finished up my education. Occasionally, my college interfered with my pool (I won a few qualifiers on the Hunter and couldn't always go because of school obligations) but I graduated with a degree in psychology. I went on to work with children with autism and with girls in a residential treatment center until I landed a job in fingerprints with the State of Texas, but my dream has always been to be a full-time professional pool player.

Four years ago, I began to achieve my dream. I became the player of the year on the Hunter tour, which enabled me to enter the pro events for the following year. I worked on my game with coaches and a rigorous schedule of play. Now I am in my third year of playing on the pro tour and I have continued to win tournaments on the Hunter/OB 1 regional tour and the Fast Eddie.s tour. My schedule revolves around pool, working with coaches, practicing on my own, playing in tournaments and league as well as playing competitive matches with local champions.

I now play pool as a full time job, but I also try to have some hobbies that, while keeping me physically fit, take me out of the pool hall, such as tennis, golf, and yoga. A few years ago, I also started doing magic with a magician that I met in the pool hall, and that has helped me learn to perform in the limelight. In many ways, my hobbies have contributed to improvements in my pool game. And after all these years, pool continues to challenge and inspire me. I hope that it does for many years to come!