- semi finalist in the miss teen of america scholarship and recognition pageant — twice
- participated in the new york state school music association all state chior
- front cover of the newspaper (sf chronicle, contra costa times, sf weekly)
- appeared on tv in china
- self published cd
- mugged at gunpoint and lived to tell about it
- nearly went over a bridge in ny b/c of black ice
- been to every major city in the US except new orleans
- travelled to all by 8 states in the US
- was a vegan for 6 years, vegetarian for 9