Mibs grew up in San Francisco and Oakland and attended the University of California, Berkeley for two years. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Missouri. She also received a master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri specializing in science writing. She has been an owner-manager of a tennis club, a pre-school director, and a middle school science teacher.
Mibs has been on the board of Carmel Valley Association since 2010 and serves on the Land Use Committee. She has been the leader of Sustainable Carmel Valley, and currently leads the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, and is a board member of the Monterey Peninsula Chapter of the ACLU.
A “late bloomer” in following her own goals, around the year 2000, Mibs realized the people she most admired were community activists for environmental, social, and economic justice. She enjoys learning about issues and then acting in accordance with her values.
She also enjoys tennis, hiking with her dog, birding, fly fishing, and reading. She lives in the Garzas Canyon area of Carmel Valley with her husband, Joe.
