Jerri practices in California and Hawaii, with the North Shore of Kauai as her focus on the islands. She became licensed to practice architecture in 1986, after 7 years of apprenticeship with various Southern California architecture and landscape architecture firms. She received her Bachelors degree in Art, with emphasis in Environmental Design, from Cal State Fullerton. Since establishing her own practice in 1989 Jerri has focused primarily on custom residential work, and prefers to operate as a “one-woman” office. A former four year member of the Del Mar Design Review Board in Del Mar, California, Jerri has also served on several of Del Mar’s advisory committees.