With more than 30 years of experience in forensic document examination, this expert specializes in handwriting authentication, signature examination, anonymous writing, questioned documents, document alterations, ink and paper analysis, digital and computer-generated documents, and forensic evaluation of handwritten and printed materials. Her expertise includes the examination of wills, grant deeds, insurance claims, corporate records, medical records, notary journals, petitions, promissory notes, anonymous correspondence, graffiti, calendars, and other questioned documents to identify authorship, alterations, deletions, additions, and document authenticity. She has more than 30 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving handwriting identification and forensic document examination.

Her professional experience includes serving as a Certified Document Examiner, Forensic Document Examiner, Handwriting Authentication Consultant, and Expert Witness through a private forensic document examination practice. Throughout her career, she has performed forensic examinations involving signatures, handwriting, numerals, printed documents, medical records, questioned legal documents, and anonymous writings, as well as evaluations of alterations, deletions, additions, watermarks, inks, paper, photocopies, electronic signatures, and digitally generated documents. Her work has also included reviewing opposing expert opinions, conducting forensic analyses for civil and criminal matters, preparing demonstrative exhibits, and evaluating questioned documents using microscopy, infrared and ultraviolet imaging, electrostatic detection, and other forensic examination techniques.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree and completed additional education in Real Estate Law, Legal Research and Writing, Computer Applications in Law Practice, and Civil Procedure, along with specialized training in Typography, Photography, and Printing Processes. She completed a formal apprenticeship in forensic document examination and holds the Certified Document Examiner (CDE) credential from the National Association of Document Examiners. Her professional affiliations include the National Association of Document Examiners, the Forensic Expert Witness Association, the American Society for Testing and Materials, and the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association. She has completed more than 2,000 hours of advanced training in questioned document examination and has authored and presented extensively on handwriting identification, document authentication, digital signatures, medical record alterations, fraudulent documents, and forensic examination methodologies.