Intrepid Explorer of inner and outer worlds. Jo is an educator, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, was a Sundancer, a certified combat analyst,a student of martial arts, an avid hiker and swimmer. 

Jo is a mother of a son and a daughter- Denali (1988-2013) and Sequoia Schmidt, and former wife of the late USAF PJ, mountain guide and climber Martin W. Schmidt. (1960-2013)

Jo's non-fiction, technical writing and research is...