District 82 includes Hendry County, the northeastern part of Collier County, and a large portion of the Everglades swamp and grassland.

I am originally from Ames, Iowa. I moved to the Baltimore, Maryland area in 1985. We moved to Bonita Springs, Florida in May 2021 and to Village Walk of Naples in April 2022. I was born on September 22, 1941 and am still in very good health. I eat organic foods and get plenty of exercise walking my six year old husky for over a mile every morning.

I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture, Turf Management from Iowa State University and had ten years of experience as a Golf Course Superintendent (Greenkeeper) before entering the IT industry. I spent 42 years doing computer programming for Mainframe, PC, and other platforms using COBOL, JAVA, SAS, C, and other languages ​​for several large IT companies.

I have always been passionate about the environment and its relationship to human health and well-bein, and written dozens of articles on the impact of pesticides on our soil, water, air, and health. If elected, I will introduce legislation to limit the over-application of pesticides and fertilizers to prevent them from entering our waters.

In my campaign, I am running for this office so that I can advocate for the concerns and needs of my community and help us forge a healthier, cleaner environment throughout Florida. I am a passionate advocate for wildlife and will introduce legislation to prevent further pollution of the Everglades from excess pesticides and fertilizers being dumped on farms and landscape maintenance.

For over ten years, I have been on a personal campaign using social media to educate the public about the dangers of being inadvertently exposed to pesticides.

Florida House District 82 extends deep into the Everglades swamp. I am a dedicated nature lover. I will work to save wildlife in the Florida Everglades swamp from pesticide and fertilizer pollutants that drain from farms and landscape maintenance. I have traveled eleven times for a total of 30 weeks across five states in the Brazilian Amazon. I have a gofundme site to raise money to purchase trail cameras for Brazil's Federal University of Amazonas. Trail cameras help researchers inventory wildlife in the Amazon rainforest.

When I pulled out the cameras, I had no idea what to expect. https://youtu.be/fTNZhecbnaY
https://youtu.be/gXlze6vrZPQ

Please visit the gofundme Trail Cameras for the Amazon Rain Forest