I cannot say I’ve led a boring life. On the contrary, my life has had more excitement, twists and turns than anyone I have ever personally known. Some of those twists and turns are wonderful; others tragic. They say you learn more in the dessert than you do the mountaintop. I have learned a lot! There a basic skeleton of my story and then there’s the really good stuff, the stuff that makes us who we are, the nitty gritty that molds and shapes who we are at the core of our being. That’s the story everyone wants to hear. In hindsight, I am grateful for every experience as it has truly played a part in who I am today.
My sister, Tina, and I moved around a lot when we were younger. We were raised in a single parent home by our mother who had …show more content…
I found a job, an apartment and a car the same day I arrived. The car being a light blue Toyota Tercel that I couldn’t drive because I didn’t know how to drive a stick, the waitressing job was at the Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills where I had to sell a BIC writing pen to the hiring manager to get the job. I guess I did well because I got the job. Lastly, I moved my suitcase and cat into a studio apartment on South Hamilton Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, 90210. That zip code was significant as it was right when the TV show 90210 came out and I got to tell all my friends back home that I was living in 90210! I felt so cool and they were so jealous of my new LA life and my confidence sky rocketed.
I recall the warning from family and friends about moving to LA. My mom made me promise I wouldn’t go to Mexico or Vegas for fear of ending up on a stripper pole or in a Mexican prison. My friends told me not to look anyone in the eye. If I looked them in the eye, they’ll take that as an aggressive move and may provoke a fight. So for the first year I looked at no one. Hindsight, people must have thought I was so …show more content…
I would end up leaving the acting world behind and having 3 children. I dabbled in a variety of different projects like going to school to write Children’s books, signed up for a few criminal justice courses to potentially get into law school, took my medical exam testing and got into the medical field in the clinical setting treating patients as a Registered Polysomnographic technologist. Within 4 years I went into the medical sales field selling device for Cardinal Health as well as, a few other medical device companies. The money was better than I had ever made and I was able to travel and check out different states across the Western US. After 14 years in the medical field, I am now a regional sales manager, managing a sales team of 14 across 10 states for one of the leading medical technology companies in the industry. I am one of 2 other females in a male dominated device sales industry and I make five times the median California income. I didn’t end up being a famous actress on stage or in film, but I ended up a powerhouse in my own right and more stable an income than acting would have provided long term. Having 3 beautiful children who are well adjusted, kind, generous and overall good products of society is simply the icing on the
My sister, Tina, and I moved around a lot when we were younger. We were raised in a single parent home by our mother who had …show more content…
I found a job, an apartment and a car the same day I arrived. The car being a light blue Toyota Tercel that I couldn’t drive because I didn’t know how to drive a stick, the waitressing job was at the Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills where I had to sell a BIC writing pen to the hiring manager to get the job. I guess I did well because I got the job. Lastly, I moved my suitcase and cat into a studio apartment on South Hamilton Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, 90210. That zip code was significant as it was right when the TV show 90210 came out and I got to tell all my friends back home that I was living in 90210! I felt so cool and they were so jealous of my new LA life and my confidence sky rocketed.
I recall the warning from family and friends about moving to LA. My mom made me promise I wouldn’t go to Mexico or Vegas for fear of ending up on a stripper pole or in a Mexican prison. My friends told me not to look anyone in the eye. If I looked them in the eye, they’ll take that as an aggressive move and may provoke a fight. So for the first year I looked at no one. Hindsight, people must have thought I was so …show more content…
I would end up leaving the acting world behind and having 3 children. I dabbled in a variety of different projects like going to school to write Children’s books, signed up for a few criminal justice courses to potentially get into law school, took my medical exam testing and got into the medical field in the clinical setting treating patients as a Registered Polysomnographic technologist. Within 4 years I went into the medical sales field selling device for Cardinal Health as well as, a few other medical device companies. The money was better than I had ever made and I was able to travel and check out different states across the Western US. After 14 years in the medical field, I am now a regional sales manager, managing a sales team of 14 across 10 states for one of the leading medical technology companies in the industry. I am one of 2 other females in a male dominated device sales industry and I make five times the median California income. I didn’t end up being a famous actress on stage or in film, but I ended up a powerhouse in my own right and more stable an income than acting would have provided long term. Having 3 beautiful children who are well adjusted, kind, generous and overall good products of society is simply the icing on the