Sydney is a successful physician in the Bay Area. She is an avid science fiction fan, a dedicated student of historical swordplay, and a member of St. Michael's Salle d'Armes, along with her husband, Tony Barajas. Her rapier wit is just as deadly as her duels with rapier and dagger or sidesword. She has been on panels from bioterrorism, cloning, DNA mapping, medical ethics, science fiction to science reality, and historical swordplay from theatrical to practical. She helped mobilize "Camp Kenobi" for Star Wars: Episode 1 at the Century Theaters -- probably one of the few times a physician responded to an auto accident dressed as a Jedi, using the powers of the Force to move past the police to attend to the injured without being questioned or stopped for ID ("these aren't the droids you're looking for"). She is an Instructor-at-Arms from the SJ Fencing MasterǃÙs Program. Her motto: reality is for people who lack imagination. She has no problem speaking her mind and is looking forward to spirited conversation at Convolution.