Julie Valentine:  

Life Well here is my news! I spent time in Brazil as a child attending escola americana...what a powerful experience. It ecouraged my loves for all things brazilian, afro-cuban and latin. I salsa, merenge, and cumbia....also a little ranchera. I spent some time after brazil at a really groovy school called burgundy farms in virginia. That experience opened my heart and mind to art and playful expression. I remember the art classes where we could make anything...my heart soared! I'd make monsters and kingdoms and play for hours. After high school I went to college and graduate school then moved to Idaho...Yikes! I lived there for 3 years working for Hewlett Packard. I was transfered to the California bay area and that's where I am today. I spend alot of time traveling to all parts of Europe, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. I just love to travel and since most of my friends live all over the place I always have a place to stay. I've worked for a few major dot.coms in the area...managing teams of artists, designers, and programmers to make web sites cool, user friendly and easy to use. It was a bunch of fun..then the ...Expand for more