About Barbara

Foreste and Hils Jewlery Designs started as a creative outlet that turned into a thriving cottage industry. There are many other dimensions to Barbara's life. She is also a champion triathlete, author, freelance writer, personal coach and mother of two daughters. With an M.A. in Psychology, Barbara is now forty-eight years old, has spent her professional life involved in small business marketing and pubilc relations, high level competitive sports, and family. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and two school-aged daughters.