Learn More About Me and My Qualifications to Serve You

I listen and ask questions about what is important to YOU…

The best place to start is by listening to you and by working together to define your interest into the perfect experience for you.   As I listen, I draw upon my lengthy experience living and working in the metro Portland area to provide the best possible advice and service I can!  Clients often point out the strength of my communications skills and timely management of details that create a smooth experience for them. 

This has been my best year in real estate EVER, thanks to all of you!  Because I work toward a referral-based business model, the success of my business depends on referrals from satisfied clients.   

Here is some information on my background and experience:

·         Successful experienced Realtor with degrees in Business Administration: Marketing, Chinese Language, and advanced certificate in International Business at Portland State University.  Overseas coursework at Peking University and Nanjing University in China.

·         Realtor Designations:  Graduate Realtor Institute, Accredited Buyer Representative, Council of Residential Specialists coursework

·         Prior Work Experience:  Oregon Attorney General Office paralegal, PGE Nuclear Division documentation lead,   telecommunications industry graphic artist & engineering draftsman, community volunteer and events manager.

Current Community Service 

·         Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors:  Professional Standards Committee Member.   This committee is instrumental in raising the bar toward the highest possible level of Realtor ethics.   A variety of approaches are employed to help Realtors operate as professionally as you would wish.

·         Portland-Suzhou Sister City Assn/City of Portland Mayor’s Office, executive board of directors.  Highlights include the completion of the construction phase of the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the placement of a Portland Rose Garden in our sister City in China, and 3 official delegation leadership positions, including Mayor Tom Potter’s 2008 20^th Anniversary Delegation to Suzhou, where I represented PSSCA as its president.

·         Royal Rosarians:  new member in 2008.  I will continue my service to the city as one of its ambassadors, while supporting Portland’s Rose Festival and other events of friendship and service.

·         St. Pius X Catholic Church Volunteer:  teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) for adults wishing to become proficient in our language.  My students come from all over the world.  We offer an excellent incremental program for students who need to build skills in preparation for attending Portland Community College’s fine ESL Program.  I work with the students who are at the very beginning level of learning English.

·         Portland Classical Chinese Garden Docent Tour Guide

Past Community Service 

·         Teacher of Elementary Art Literacy in Beaverton Schools, Volunteer parent at West Tualatin View School, Cedar Park Middle School and Sunset High School, St. Mary of the Valley Grade School, Valley Catholic Middle School and Jesuit High School.  

·         Volunteer parent:  Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District, YMCA, FC Portland Academy, and Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) sports programs, camps and fund-raising activities. 

·         Portland State University Women’s Association officer.

·         Oregon Ballet Theatre volunteer. 

·         Coached elementary and middle school Odyssey of the Mind Teams for Beaverton School District. 

·         Directed Pre-School Reading Program at Cedar Mill Community Library (CMCL) and volunteered on the CMCL Summer Reading Program for many years!  

·         Program Committee Community outreach speaker for the Portland Classical Chinese Garden.

Family

·         Married with 3 sons and a daughter:  the last one just graduated from college!  We have 6 grandchildren:  5 girls and one boy. 

·         Our Old English Sheepdog keeps everyone on their toes when we go to the beach, the mountains and enjoy our neighborhood walks.

·         We have a warm extended family that gathers to eat, talk politics and share lots of humor!

Hobbies

·         I follow activity on a number of archaeological digs and am well-read on the travels of Marco Polo, Alexander the Great and the regions they encountered, including Central Asian countries.   I enjoy reading the Chinese Ming Dynasty novels.  I read 3-4 online newspapers every day.

·         I love to work in my yard, which seems to always need work.  This year, for the first time, my Chinese Osmanthus tree is blooming in November!  I gravitate to orchids indoors, as they are so easy to grow and enjoy.

Passions

·         Riding camels along the Silk Road in China and climbing famous mountains to see the sun rise.

·         Studying Chinese Language and practicing my calligraphy.

·         Traveling in the USA, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and our North American neighboring countries constantly opens my eyes to how others live and to the wonderful people everywhere you go.  One of the things I learned along the way is that home and family are at the center of life in every culture.  They don’t always seem the same, but the deep meanings and feelings of security and comfort are always right under the surface. 

As a Realtor, I have the special privilege of being able to assist people in transitioning to or from their home, which I consider the greatest and most serious responsibility of my duties.   This requires a lot of listening and care.   My goal is to exceed the expectations of everyone who works with me.