I'm hardwired to remember the details most people overlook. Not just square footage and lot lines, but the personal "why" behind your move. If you tell me your grandmother used to live on that street, or that you've been dreaming about a big kitchen because you love to cook, or that you need a home office because you just started a new business, I'm going to remember. And it's going to shape how I help you find the right place. You're not just a transaction to me. You're a person making one of the biggest decisions of your life, and the details of your story matter just as much as the details of the house.

I learned to think that way in a very different career. Before real estate, I spent over a decade as a senior quality engineer and department manager in multiple high pressure industries, overseeing new product design, destructive testing, and total organizational development. With degrees in mechanical engineering, biomechanics, and business administration, I'm hardwired to scrutinize every line of an inspection report and navigate the data with a technical eye. But the reason I left a comfortable corporate career wasn't because I stopped being good at it - it was because I wanted my work to connect me to people, not just processes.

A Portsmouth native, my parents made sure I was involved in everything the community had to offer, and that stuck. I strive to bring that same sense of home and belonging to my homebuyers. Now living in Rochester with my husband, our five kids, and two dogs, I know that life is loud, busy, and wonderful, and wouldn't trade a moment of the chaos.

I bring my life's collection of local insight to my clients across the Seacoast, the beach towns, and the Lakes Region. Whether you're a first-time buyer learning to navigate the process for the first time, or an investor looking to make a positive impact on local housing, my approach remains the same: no rushing or making you feel like a number, no hype just to close a deal, and a relentless focus on the details.

I came to real estate from a career most people would've stayed in forever. But I wanted something where the work actually mattered to the people I was doing it for. And I found a team at First Hill Realty Group that operates the same way - believing the person behind the deal is the most important part of the equation.