Donna is a freelance journalist/photojournalist who began her career at the age of 16 selling a photograph to United Press International.  Though she started her undergraduate degree work at Boston University, she dropped out of school, ran off and joined the circus or rather, U.S. Navy. After that chapter was written and she had a bachelor's degree in journalism, Donna has been freelancing since 1993.  She hopes to finish her master's degree someday, which she began quite surprisingly at Johns Hopkins University.  Donna would also like to write or possibly read a book in the future, but until then she devotes much of her time and energy to her daughter, husband, dogs, community and buying shoes.  She likes self-deprecating humor.