After extended sojourns in Sacramento, Washington DC, Baltimore, Mendocino County, Seattle, and the San Francisco Bay Area, she now resides in Lamy, NM, with her husband, the sculptor Rick Yoshimoto.
"[3] She was also named one of 50 Purpose Prize Fellows, recognizing social innovators over 60, for her role as Chief Policy Wonk of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.
In receiving the award, her presentation was entitled "In My Secret Life: (Nearly) Fifty Years in Pursuit of a New WPA," tracing her long-term advocacy for public service employment as a social good.
[citation needed] She has also provided advice and counsel to community-based organizations, independent media groups, and public and private funders and policymakers.
Additionally, she co-founded activist groups the San Francisco Artworkers' Coalition, the California Visual Artists Alliance, Bay Area Lawyers for the Arts and Draft Help.