YVONNE APODACA has been sewing since age 12. She was a prize winning sewer in sewing competitions in her teen years. After graduating from NYU she had a successful career in the entertainment industry and worked for MTV as well as News Corporation (Fox) before starting a family and settling back down in her home town of San Diego. In San Diego, Yvonne started and co-owned her own successful baby line, Little Marie's and also started a non-profit awareness group, Mission for Music, whose goal was to keep music alive and well in San Diego city schools. She was also the co-owner of Home ec. Studio in South Park where she shared her sewing knowledge to create fun projects for "seamsters" of all ages. Yvonne now runs her own esthetics business, Wax and Glow in Mission Hills in San Diego, California.