BA in Spanish (UC Riverside) I spent my junior year studying in Madrid, Spain.
1975
MA in Spanish (UCLA)
1978
ABD in Hispanic Languages and Literature (UCLA)
Military Service
1971-1972
US Army Personnel Specialist serving in Atlanta, Georgia and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Other jobs
1966-1985
Employed by Foremost Dairy, Albion Street Plant, Los Angeles, CA (seasonally and full-time) held jobs ranging from cleanup worker to Night Shift Plant Manager
1973-1977
Teaching Assistant in Spanish at UCLA
1975-1985
Self employed cabinet maker; This was a part-time venture which justified purchasing numerous useful power tools!
Hobbies
Woodworking, Web Page creation and Internet mentoring, kayaking, backpacking, cooking, coffee roasting, travel, tinkering in general and flying quad copters
Notable accomplishments
Building all of the cabinets in our home, setting all of the ceramic tile, laying the hardwood flooring; convincing my daughters that it's fun to shingle a garage roof