Allison DiMatteo:
CLASS OF 1984
North Rockland High SchoolClass of 1984
Thiells, NY
Allison's Story
Sometimes you blaze new trails in your life, and other times you go along the paths laid out before you. I'm blessed to have done both. After graduating NRHS, I found Nazareth College the perfect place to grow, think and explore new horizons--and realize that I'm better at using a computer than programming one! What would our kids think today of those very first Apple computers that came out in the mid 80s??
Graduated with my BA in English /Writing in three years (thank you NRHS AP classes) and went out to flex my writing muscles, working as a technical writer and finally as a newspaper reporter. Very inspiring to meet former President Gerald Ford during a dedication ceremony, and later the men who flew on the real Memphis Belle in WW II.
Three years later, I headed to Cornell University, working full time in their supercomputer facility as a science writer and completing my master's degree in communications three-quarters time. My time there was amazing, and who knew my thesis research--how email in a business organization changes communication and organization dynamics--would not even approa...Expand for more
ch the tip of the communication iceberg that developed thanks to technology??
I received my master's degree in 1993 and, several months later, returned to the metropolitan NY area, where I stayed for several years and enjoyed working in the public relations, marketing, and publishing arenas. I bought my own condo and renovated it myself. I experienced Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and shortly after the turn of the millennium, I met my future husband. A year later he proposed to me on a gondola in Venice, and we married the following year. In the process I inherited two girls and a boy, two of whom are now grown ups, of which one is married and has two beautiful girls. Yes, they call me Nanna!
I'm still writing and editing, but now I do it for a variety of clients. I own a small PR, writing, and graphic design business, and my staff and I have a great time working on interesting projects. I teach reading and writing as a literacy volunteer, and basically just give thanks every day for every wonderful opportunity I've experienced.
As Joe Walsh sang, "Life's been good to me so far."
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