My fascination with the stars began when I was a little girl, as I would lie on the cool summer grass under the country skies at my grandparents' farm in Perkins, Oklahoma. The impossibly vast Milky Way blanketed my Universe in mystery, then, and I could soar along its path effortlessly, as I dreamed of destinies I would fulfill under those cobalt skies. I've lived in many places on this Earthly planet but never have I lost the magic of those wonderful moments!