Radio from the other side of the microphone began when, as a music major at Lawrence University in Appleton, she had an afternoon free from classes and was convinced to host classical music programming on WLFM. After graduation, and some three decades working in commercial radio in the Fox Valley, a move to Madison made it possible to join WPR.

When not soothing your ears with Sweelinck and Smetana, she can be found planning and planting gardens, reading, or indulging in either red wine and chocolate truffles or Wisconsin cheese and bratwurst.