Retha Petruzates-Spencer founded Vista Street Books after a lifetime of bringing creative ideas to life.
Helped lead the transition from traditional typesetting to digital publishing as Marketing VP of a Kansas graphic arts company.
Founded her own graphic arts business, traveling monthly to Toronto to train sales representatives in the emerging field of digital printing during the industry's transition from analog to digital production.
Marketing executive with Hewlett-Packard and recipient of the prestigious HP Circle Award.
Founder of Vista Street Kitchen Productions, producing, engineering, and releasing music to major streaming platforms.
Contributed to the production coordination, art direction, and communications for Leon Russell's posthumous album.
Author of Miracle on Vista Street and Don't Lose This: Notes from Vista Street.
Her career has taken her from graphic arts and publishing to global marketing, music production, and storytelling.
Along the way, she has helped organizations, artists, and storytellers embrace new technologies, preserve creative work, and share it with audiences around the world.
Today, Vista Street Books brings together everything she loves—writing, publishing, photography, music, and preserving the stories of lives well lived.
