2012 - 40th It's so fun reading people's bios - and Mary Lou Troan Satterfield encouraged me to join in, so I will! After graduating from Edinboro University with an art education degree (what was I thinking?) I moved to Erie to be with my future husband, Bill (35 years + counting). After two years, we packed up and moved to our favorite city, Washington D.C. Coincidentally, many of my close friends and Mt. Lebo alum were living in the area at the time and I was able to reconnect with -- Maggie Portella, Judy Hodgson, Peggy Parker and Amy Moreland. First job in D.C. was managing an Art Gallery/ Frame store on Connecticut Ave. One year later I was hired by Dept. of Defense as an Art Specialist (thanks Maggie for the heads up on the position!). While working for DOD I managed an arts & crafts facility for the military and their families at Fort McNair, the National War College. This was during the 80’s splurge on military funding so there wasn't anything I couldn't buy - including a new photography studio, state of the art woodworking equipment, a complete do it yourself frame shop, new ceramic kilns, etc.. It was a wonderful job and I worked with some great people. After 5 years, however, I was ready for a change and decided to start a business of my own. During my days working for the army, I took a class at the Corcoran on glass fusing. I concentrated on making fused glass jewelry, something few people were doing at the time. On the weekends, I'd try to sell my pieces at craft shows, and lo and behold, they sold! Not long after, I was recruited by a leasing agent to open a handmade jewelry kiosk at a tourist trap in D.C., the Old Post Office Pavilion. It was successful, but it was painstaking making the jewelry and maintaining and manning the kiosk. I realized I liked the retail end of it, but not so much the production end of jewelry making. As a result, I started going to the wholesale shows in New York and bought silver and semi-precious jewelry. What a change! Without having to make the jewelry, I was able to expand my kiosk business and get in several malls at the same time. During the 25 years I was in business, my jewelry kiosks were in practically every major mall in the metro area including -Tyson's Corner, Fair Oaks Mall, The National Press Building, Reagan Int'l Airport, Montgomery and National Harbor. I had several employees who stayed with me the entire time! In 2008, with the recession negatively impacting mall business, I closed my last kiosk. Nowadays, I aggressively avoid malls and enjoy the loftier pursuits of yoga, rollerblading, vegan cooking and hiking. My husband and I have two great boys, Carson and Ryan. Carson is a junior at Penn State (Finance) and Ryan is a sophomore at Montgomery College (Biology). We moved to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1992 to raise them but are seriously considering a move back to the city. Hope to see many of you soon, I just have to add ... Rest In Peace, Cathy. I'm so sorry you won't be at the reunion.