Raised in West Springfield, Mass., Judie has lived in five Northeast and Midwestern states, having worked as a university department secretary, and as a medical secretary and supervisor in pathology services, among other jobs, all while raising her family and volunteering with local organizations. In 2025, Judie moved to Connecticut to be nearer to her family. A member of the Windsor Senior Center’s Heart & Soul Chorus and an accomplished quilter and knitter, she took up the trombone in the fourth grade, and still plays – including in a community band, a swing band, and one that specializes in circus music. |