•  Hiking has kept me in good shape and taken me to incredible places
•  Art: I spent much of my life pursuing my natural abilities, evolving from pen work to oils. Upon the advent of beginning my family, my art work has been put on hold, forcing my creativity through other outlets.  See my art and history page.
• Music: Once a child prodigy in music, my music activities are now in collecting and appreciating music from around the world, especially from all points between the Rock of Gibraltar and North Africa, through the middle east and central Asia to India.
• Writing: Having been a daydreamer as a kid, I began writing early in life.  Just a few years ago, I finished my first book - "Hello? Hello?? Hello??? - a fearless view of a world without walls -."  I'm currently working on a pictoral autobiography of what I call the "art period" of my life - how I got into my art, why, and diary notes from a time and lifestyle that barely exists now in America.   
• Spanish Language: In 1996 I decided to learn Spanish on my own through the study of one book that focuses on verb conjugation, grammar, and pronunciation; and the use of handwritten flash cards. It was a great success. While I sometimes get rusty and have more to learn, I can hold a good conversation with most Spanish speakers.  I would love to put it to use and keep it alive, but as of now I'm a little rusty!
• Computer Skills: I sent my first email from a mud brick building in Katmandu in 2001. Since then I've come a very long way in basic skils as well as advanced photo shop in my daily art and photography.   

• Four trips to Nepal: I went to Nepal in September of 2001 and stayed for 7 weeks, and again in October of 2007 for a shorter time to support the activities of the organization, which include some basic logistical work and photography, and then went on to India.  In October of 2009 I went to Nepal again as support and to shoot video footage of accomplishments and ongoing projects.  Once again I went in the fall of 2014.

• Rules: To define our Board rules and operating protocol, while equalizing three unequal district’s representation on the Board.
• Outreach and Information: To address the public’s concerns and needs for information as to the progress of the Board’s work and the pros and cons of each proposal of the new charter language. This included representing the “pro” side as well as drafting informational documents for public consumption via print and website media. I authored almost all of the Board’s informational materials.
• Districting: I successfully promoted a new countywide districting scheme that resolved our grossly unequal districts and the one-person-one-vote requirement problems of the past. Included in the challenge is our geographical and population paradigm as a county made up of islands, and fiercely independent identities by area.
• Initiative and Referendum: Research of these powers for the people in other WA counties which have them and the promotion thereof for our own charter. 
• The County Fair Committee: I authored most of the information made available to the public about the proposed charter for the county fair and did time in the booth.
•  PAC To promote the proposed charter: Wrote informational letters and went to meetings to promote the charter. This included working to neutralize unfounded opposition to the charter based on falsehoods as well as to address legitimate concerns among the public and to represent the pro-side in a debate.
• Perfect attendance record

• Graduate of the first year’s class along with it’s founders

• Interview a cross-section of various service providers from all levels and jurisdictions working in the county as to what they would like to know about the Hispanic Community in an effort to serve them better
• Document and vet the interviewee’s conversations with me before conclusions were made by me and develop pertinent questions from the interview results
•  Develop a non-confrontational survey in English for the approval of the Community Network Board (who represent various levels of service providers)
• Rewrite the survey in Spanish and re-format (final design and appearance) and vet it with the Spanish speaking editor for approval of language
• Delegate to survey givers and also give surveys myself to as many Hispanics as possible county-wide
• Quantify the raw data from all three islands and format it into charts and graphs of my making for the comprehension and use of data by service providers
• Write a final report and consolidated overview along with an opinion piece of my own which included ways and means and why, my experience, and my opinions on what data stood out for me and what it meant.