I was born in Bay Shore , New York , which is located on the eastern shore of Long Island . I am the seventh of eight children in my family. I have three brothers and four sisters. I graduated from the University of Maryland in 1986 and received a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. Soon after, I got married to my husband Rakesh whom I have been married to for twenty years as of September. Together we have two grown children: Anjali (18) and Neel (16).

I started a daycare business when my children were young so that I could be home with them as they went through Elementary school. I cared for over 16 children during my time in business. We now have added two beautiful dogs to our family. Izzie is a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel, and Jazzy is a 7 month old pure bred German Sheppard. After closing my daycare I began to substitute teach. I found myself at Stonegate on a regular basis. I loved working at Stonegate so much that I decided to go back to school to study Education.

I received a Masters in Education from Johns Hopkins University in January, 2005. It was then that I was hired as part of the staff at Stonegate. When I am not busy working hard at Stonegate I like to spend time with my family. We love to travel. So far we have been to seven different countries including: Germany , France , England , India , Austria , Switzerland and Mexico . Other hobbies include: boating, going to the beach, reading, playing volleyball and playing the guitar.