I once lived with my Deaf parents in a tin shed in Montgomery, Texas. We upgraded to a trailer, but it was repossessed so we moved into our barn. Since then, I've earned a paralegal degree, pursued banking, promotional and acting careers and now run my own production and public relations company in New York City. Here are some of my credits in all their glorious reverse chronological detail: I own & operate Ballyhoo Promotions, a production and PR company in New York with a focus on comedy and theater. Clients include the comedy nightclub Comix, comedian Christian Finnegan, Jest Magazine and award winning novelist Edith Layton. Recently I have promoted events for Richard Lewis, Robert Wuhl, Craig Ferguson, Caroline Rhea, Roseanne Barr, Oxygen & Mandy Moore, and Barbara Walters. Past Ballyhoo clients and projects include the Chamberlain Bros. International Film Festival and The Meow Mix House, the televised marketing campaign that had nine rescued cats living in a house on Madison Avenue. I have produced many charitable comedy shows with The Onion, NBC's monthly show Sob Stories, and The Big Podcast of 2006 which featured Emmy winning writers from The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live. In Fall 2007, I will launch two new shows: Live Wire and Scene Change. With Tex in the City, a social networking company for Texans living in NYC, I produced an off-Broadway cabaret featuring Andra Mitrovich (Love, Janis), promotional events for the Broadway productions of Urinetown the Musical and 42nd Street, a private book launch party for Governor Ann Richards and lots of free shows and soirees. I hosted parties for Jose Cuervo contest winners on the private island Marina Cay, aka The Cuervo Nation, located in the British Virgin Islands. I also toured the United States in conjunction with professional sporting events including Major League Baseball and NHRA/NASCAR Winston Cup Series and exclusive engagements for various companies such as Jose Cuervo, Camel, Stolichanaya, Pepsi, Winston, Kellogg's & more. My credits include "Janet Labelle" in the original Emmy nominated PBS television series K.C. & the Kidd, "Maggie" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, "Helena" in A Midsummer Night's Dream, "Billie Dawn" in Born Yesterday, and "Brooke Ashton" / "Vicki" in Noises Off, for which I won Best Supporting Actress. In 2007, I appeared at Comix, The People's Improv Theater, PSNBC, The Drink at Work Show, Chicks & Giggles and readings at the illustrious KGB Bar.