Barbara Hendrickson, Realtor

I grew up in New York City, went to the High School of Music and Art, and then to the University of Wisconsin. After graduating, I continued west to San Francisco where I was never actually a hippie. Here I met and married my former husband, Dennis, and then taught primary school for several years before we started a Berkeley Real Estate company called The Hendrickson Company in 1979.

I am also an artist, and the mother of two grown sons: Jonah, who lives in Oakland with his wife Nicky, and is a sculptor and a real estate property manager, and Ben, who lives in New York City with his wife Sara and their 2 dogs, Porter and Sadie. Ben is a personal trainer and a passionate ice and rock climber.

I live in a loft like house filled with my paintings where sunlight bounces off the colors and makes me laugh. My home is in the Kensington redwoods just a minute north of Berkeley looking out at the Golden Gate.

When I am not helping my clients sell or buy residential and commercial properties, I relax by painting or going for rides in the country, to movies, or the symphony, or having dinner with friends. And I love to visit my sons and their families.