She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Drama and quickly thereafter moved to Washington DC. She spent three years working in the Development field for the Information Prospector and after that moved to the National Geographic Society to pursue her interest in environmental education. During this time, she also pursued her musical interests with the bands, Fleur-de-Lis (Fleur-de-Lis performed at area clubs and festivals including the Maryland Renaissance Festival) and Kiva (she appears on two Kiva albums). Throughout all this time, she maintained her interest tarot and gave readings to many friends and acquaintances further developing her reading skills. During this time, Izolda left the National Geographic Society and began environmental education work for the GLOBE Program through NASA. Here, she was able to hone her teaching and training skills as a Master Trainer for the Soil Characterization protocols of this international program.

As she progressed in her chosen field of environemental education, musical and tarot reading goals, Izolda additionally began study of the energy workings of Reiki and Chi energy. She has been a Tai Chi practitioner and teacher for over 13 years, and she was certified Reiki II in 2001. She has conducted Reiki workings for a variety of clients. These clients have included everyone from those who needed emotional healing to those who have needed energy and healing from physical ailments such as cancer.

After teaching voice and violin privately for over eleven years, in Autumn 2001, she began teaching a series of "Learn to Sing" workshops and classes and has incorporated an inquiry-based teaching style with traditional vocal technique, aesthetics and mechanics all accomplished in a fun, relaxed, and confidence-inspiring atmosphere. These classes, held under the auspices of the Greenbelt Community Center in MD and the House of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park, MD, are intended to help participants discover and develop their voices and find joy in singing. After the classes are over, the students then put their knowledge into practice by performing a class recital at a local cafe. This allows the students to apply the vocal techniques and to get a taste of performing. It is out of these classes and her private teaching that Izolda began developing her thoughts on Therapeutic Creativity and the ability of creative pursuits to help in the healing process of both the individual and society. Now in its fourth year, the "Learn to Sing" class series has garnered rave reviews and increasing success. She's currently spending time developing and teaching, "Finding Your Sacred Voice" and "Workin' Harmony" workshops and she is also designing and developing, "Life Lessons Through Music," an innovative creativity and growth project.

Following her musical passions, Izolda released her CD, Sound the Deep Waters in 2003. The album features her original music plus her oft-requested interpretation of "Scarborough Faire." The album highlights the work of Jim Brewster, Diana McFadden, Diana Sunday, Jeff Sieracki, Janet Morton, and Luis Nasser. A big thanks to all of them for taking time out of their busy schedules to work on this project. Here's a little about the process. As a performer of many colors, she also returned to her roots and released a Russian, Yiddish, and Klezmer CD sampler in 2004. It contains seven songs. Izolda and her Mother have been singing a number of these songs for years, and this is the first time that Izolda has recorded them with guitar accompaniment.

Although she had spent a great deal of time studying the tarot and doing readings for friends, family and new acquaintances for years, in early 2000, Izo lda began to pursue her tarot reading career in earnest and began taking professional reading appointments. Although she collects decks and has many dozens (take a look at her Tarot Deck Review Page for information on her decks) she still conducts readings using the same deck of Tarot cards since she began reading more than 20 years ago - the deck created by Mary Hanson-Roberts.

She has been teaching and working in her home studio space for a number of years, and Izolda is thrilled to announce that in September, she will be taking the next step on her path when she opens Healer's Arts office space. This space will be dedicated to Tarot Consultations, Reiki and Energy Healing work and Therapeutic Creativity.

Her musical influences include: Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Firzgerald, The Nudes, Jesse Cook, Peter Gabriel, David Wilcox, Sheila Chandra, Sting, Itzhak Perlman, Dead Can Dance, musical theatre of all sorts, Renaissance madrigals (and a cappella music of all sorts), ancient music, JS Bach, Mozart, Altan, Solas, On Wings of Song, Libana, the folk music of Eastern Europe and the Middle East and many others.

Non-musical influences (in no particular order) are: The Art Nouveau movement, the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Evelyn de Morgan, Alphonse Mucha, contemporary artists like Sue Coleman, Linda Garland, Hrana Janto, the literary works of Starhawk, Sheri S. Tepper, Patricia Telesco, Julia Cameron, Charles de Lint, Tanya Huff, Marian Zimmer Bradley, Rosemary Edghill, Mercedes Lackey, William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, George Elliot, Jane Austen, John Webster, William Blake, Keats, Yeats, the Bronte sisters, and many others (more to be added to this list), traveling the world and connecting with the myriad places and people she has met, the beings who share her home, nature in all her glory and Mother Earth.

In March 2004, she got engaged to her longtime partner, Rich. They were wed on the full moon on April 23, 2005. They currently reside in Greenbelt, MD with their four cats, and a house full of musical instruments and juggling implements.