Born in the Bronx and the daughter of an Air Force officer Pat spent much of her life moving from place to place. As an adult, she spent 30 years living in Lexington, Kentucky and working in marketing and television for the Thoroughbred industry and later, education policy for the state. But there was one place that always anchored her, Long Beach Island, New Jersey where her family built a beach house in 1955 and where she spent her summers. In 2016 she moved permanently to this small island where she feels grounded and completely at home. Its proximity to New York City she feels is a bonus as she frequently is at the opera, seeing a show on Broadway or visiting a museum – and of course, doing some street photography.