Allison Hensel

Allison Hensel is the middle child of 5. Her father, Roger Ridpath, was an army sergeant and her mother, Patricia Ridpath, was a homemaker working periodically as a secretary. Ms. Hensel grew up traveling the world with her father, spending 4 years in Hokkaido, Japan and 6 years in Augsburg, Germany. She has also lived in several states, including Maryland, Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, and New Mexico. At the age of three, her artistic nature and propensity for languages became evident. Her parents encouraged her to explore her talents. She received recognition for her artwork in 1986 and has displayed her paintings and landscape photography in several local art shows. At the age of 12, Ms. Hensel discovered the comic styling of Carol Burnett. She knew that was what she wanted to do when she grew up. She worked on her character acting skills for several years, which culminated in the creation of "Myrtle, Sex Goddess of the Trailer Court" in November, 1998. In late 2004, she acquired