Products and/or services: Legal advice and services

Target market: Individuals, business owners and companies seeking sophisticated estate planning, business and tax advice and legal services

When and why did you join NAWBO? I joined NAWBO in September 2004 for the networking and learning opportunities with other professional women and business owners.

Committee involvement: I have not joined any committees, but would be interested in learning more about doing so.

Impact has NAWBO had on your business or professional development: It has provided significant networking and personal growth opportunities with other NAWBO members.

The best advice you've received: The best career advice I have received is to determine what you enjoy doing best in your career and find a way to spend most of your working time doing it. I received this advice from my mentor at my law firm.

Advice or strategies: As a working mom, I try to accomplish multiple tasks with any event that requires time away from my family (such as a networking event involving a cause that I support or that I enjoy for the social interaction).

What brings you joy in your work? Helping, advising and connecting with people who need my assistance.

What brings you joy in your personal life? Or What are your interests/hobbies? I enjoy spending time with my husband and baby daughter. Also, I am an avid fiction reader and book club member, enjoy volunteering and love traveling to new places.

Charity support: I have been a member of the Junior League of Dallas and involved with a number of charities through the Dallas League for over 8 years, including Habitat for Humanity, Contact Crisis and Counseling and the Genesis Women's Shelter.

Other organizations: Junior League of Dallas, Dallas Estate Planning Counsel, and Dallas Bar Association.

What else would you like your NAWBO peers to know about you: I am a first generation American from a multicultural family.

Book recommendations: For pleasure, I recommend Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.