Joy weaves in and out of many worlds, and is equally likely to be found with her nose deeply buried in a pile of old books, a new website, an over-stuffed toolbox, or a garden bed. On occasion, she can be found singing to an audience of deer and petting bumblebees. When she is not busy with artistic, spiritual, or community pursuits, she is most likely spending time with her "un-husband" and their daughter.

Joy believes in the power to create the world you want to live in. Currently, she is Assistant Organizer of the Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild; a regional group of members who practice permaculture principles. She is involved in helping to organize the group's workshops and other activities, as well as their first Permaculture Design Certificiation course. Previously, she was also an original founding member of a local K-8 charter school that focuses on a hands-on learning approach, mixed ability levels, lifelong learning practices for students, faculty and their parents, small class sizes, and the belief that each of us is born with a natural desire to learn that must be nurtured in a supportive environment. Joy worked with a core team of founders from 1997 -2005, also serving on the Board of Directors for six years.

In 1999, Joy graduated from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Since then, she has worked in web and graphic design as a professional webmaster for an international distribution company. She is a one-woman web department, managing multiple websites and projects, and has been involved in several Ecommerce migrations and start-ups. She also freelances, and has done design and consulting work for other websites.

In her artistic career, Joy has exhibited her work in several different shows locally and internationally, and has been published in a London-based stock photography catalog, the Philadelphia City Paper online, and numerous promotional calendars.

For fun, she has also been credited for contributing questions for "Goth: The Board Game".

Joy's personal life is filled with many interests including permaculture, bioregional animism, shamanism, natural undertaking, DIY stuff, travel, all kinds of music, foreign cinema, de/reconstructed fashion, nature, and the politics of living with each other equally, sharing the abundance of an appreciated eco-system.