Aletha graduated from the Naval Academy and served 20 years in the US Navy. She was a forerunner in that her graduating class was one of the first group of women authorized to be on combatant ships! It was a struggle to be accepted in a male dominant field, to say the least. Following her retirement, Aletha started an art coaching business. Due to a traumatic event that lasted five years, Aletha came to reassess her second career. She is now a third-year student in a Ph.D. program for Mind & Body medicine and is a certified in Reiki, Lifecoach, and art coach.