Won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress In A Revue in Chicago.
She also received the Drama Logue Award for her stage show "An Evening
With The Fine Line".
Her comedy classes for kids and teens have been cited as the best in
Los Angeles by New Times Los Angeles.
She has had several opinion pieces published in newspapers and
magazines, including articles for UPI, The Arizona Republic and
American Enterprise Magazine.
She is the youngest of six children that span over a 20 year age range.
Her mother Mary Gurrie Rhoads was a newspaper reporter and columnist
back in Chicago.