Saturday, December 27, 2008

The Beginnings of a Scholarship


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
  Grassroots Garden
       Cob Oven, Cooking, Hands-on Experience, Building Interpersonal Skills, Compost Research
  Food for Lane County Food Bank
  OSU Extension - MG, MFP, Pruner, Composter
  Green Chemistry Club - VP, Environmental Quality Testing, Earth Day
  World Touring - China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
  Cattle Ranching in Solvang, Ca
  Classical and Flamenco Guitar acquired from an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist
  Piano
  Getting Married in June
    planning on Starting a Family in about two years, hopefully when I start PA School.


MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  National Downhill Champion
  Cisco Engineer
  Equinox Trailers
  PA - not for money, doctors without borders, helping those who are struggling against the odds.
  Bike Mechanic on and off for 16 years - Mechanic, Sales, Manager
  Ski and Boot Fitting shop

PARTICULAR DIFFICULT ADVERSITY I OVERCAME:
    I am a first generation polish gypsy jew. My mother arrived in New York in 1943 at the age of two. My father and mother met in Los Angeles when he was a CNC machinist for Lockheed Martin. Then ended up separating when I was about four years old. Between four and nine my father and I transported our 50-foot airstream trailer all over the contiguous United States and ultimately attended a great number of schools during this time period. At the age of nine, my father purchased a 38-foot trimaran of which we sailed up and down the Pacific Coast from Washington to Mexico. This proved to be a very life enriching experience, however, the continual relocating made getting through lower education challenging. At the age of 15 we moved to Santa Barbara and because of an abusive situation I acquired a new set of parents through unofficial means who have been a very stable influence up and through the present.


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