After several years in research and more years raising exotic animals, she has joined her husband Tom in learning the remodeling trade.

Erika helps in the showroom doing everything from developing the web site and keeping the computers happy, to answering phones and vacuuming the showroom.

Living on the Sammamish Plateau with her husband, Tom Owen, and two children Calvin and Darien, Erika enjoys coaching her son's math team, taking flute lessons with her daughter, and walking her German Shepherd Dog, Shasta.