Carmen 'Dianne" Nelson:  

Dianne was born in Nashville, Tennessee and her parents moved to Little Rock, Arkansas when she was in the 3rd grade. Dianne moved to Tarzana, California in 1982. Dianne's schools include University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fine Art). Dianne later attended Los Angeles Pierce College (Business Marketing) and Crafton Hills College (Computer Science) . Dianne works at Keller Williams Realty-Redlands and Burgess Leighton & Associates. She has worked for Crown Real Estate Services, Inc., MGR Real Estate, San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians, Coldwell-Banker Kivett-Teeters, Colliers International, Sharp Commercial, Optima Asset Management, The Coca-Cola Company and Ethan Allen Galleries. "I went to the most beautiful high school in the world - Little Rock Central High School! My one regret is that I wanted to go to UCLA and study architecture but never did - I was afraid I wasn't smart enough. I did study architecture to some degree at UALR and Pulaski County Vocational/Technical School (Architectural Drawing classes) and fell in love with Frank Lloyd Wright's designs. He was always my hero! One of my first jobs was as a draftswoman for Benham Blair and Affiliates and I also worked for an architectural firm in Memphis for a short period of time between my transition from Arkansas to California. I had started a family and my career dreams faded into the background. Life 3 children : 2 sons and 1 daughter - James, Shawn, Chad 4 grandchildren: 3 boys....Nickolus, Erik, Tyler and one girl... Amanda Five great-grand children: Blake, Jetta, Linkin, Macie and Carson James. Single and living happily in sunny Southern California. Everyday is like waking up in paradise. When I was in school I always liked the younger guys..usually 1 or 2 grades behind me. My favorite teacher was my 10th grade Geometry teacher, Mrs. Reiman. I didn't do too well in her class, but I really liked her a lot. My favorite people were Michelle Barkley...she was beautiful, nice and smart. Darrell Ward...a great athlete, super intelligent, and a really nice person. Being somewhat of an introvert I never really got to know them, I just admired them from afar. I did name my daughter, Shawn Michelle, who turned out to be quite beautiful also. I was always a tomboy and wanted to be a great athlete - not a dainty girl athlete, but a strong athlete like the women of today, the 2000s - thus my admiration of Darrell Ward, a great athlete - and he was super smart as well. College University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Bachelor of Fine Arts - My drawing instructor told me I drew and painted like Van Gogh. I cried because I thought he was telling me that I was crazy. When he asked me why I was crying, I told I though he was telling me he though I was insane like Van Gogh. I think he then decided I might be a little crazy. Is that crazy or what? Los Angeles Pierce College - Woodland Hills, CA Kaye Simon - my great friend from Belize now married and living in St. Thomas....Expand for more