Bio
Originally from Louisiana, Applegate has been a resident of Los Angeles for the last fifty years. She has been able to successfully combine her profession as an educational psychologist with her art practice. During her years as a psychologist and special education specialist she was awarded two grants from the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. These grants included an after school art program she designed for learning disabled students. The second grant was awarded in 1992 after the Los Angeles civil unrest. This was a community based art collaborative program that was designed to help reunite the ethnically diverse community.