Brandi was raised in Northern California and left to attend college and graduate school at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, respectively. She currently resides in Sacramento where she has built a successful career as an enterprise IT Professional. She is a patient advocate for Metastatic Breast Cancer which is a kind way of saying she’s living her life to the fullest and trying to outlive an eventual, but not immediate terminal Breast Cancer diagnosis. In addition, she is the reigning Ms. Vacaville of Solano County Pageants. She blogs to update, educate, advocate, and inspire. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, hiking, playing the violin, and spending time with her Dachshund, Danger, and cat, Squirtle.