Mandy plays the Flute in the New Horizon Concert Band.

She has been an Art Teacher, Art Supervisor, and a University Art Instructor. She has taught in Georgia, Florida, Alaska, Arkansas and Colorado. Mandy's original hometown is Madison, Florida.

Mandy's hobbies are playing the flutek, painting, sculpting, making crafts and objects, foreign travel, visiting museums, attending and listening to opera and symphonies, reading, walking, dancing, gardening, and being with family and friends.

Interesting Tidbit:
Mandy has eaten raw sea urchin eggs in Adak, Alaska and turned scarlet red. She has also collaborated one-on-one with Jane Goodall on Chimpanzee Art Contest for youths in Colorado Springs and has skied the Continental Divide in Colorado. When she was 13, she published a recipe in a national magazine based on a drawing she did. She also did the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain".