Christine Belleris:  

After Manual I went to CU and got a B.S. in Journalism. In the summer of 82 an unexpected opportunity came to me in the form of a job in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. Rep. Ken Kramer. Even though he was a Republican and I was a Democrat I snapped it up. I had never even visited there so it was a huge, scary move but a great one! I was a legislative aide and asst. press secretary and stayed in D.C. for nearly five years. While I loved the action and culture of the East Coast, I got homesick, was tired of politics, and moved back to Denver in 1986 thinking I could easily get a job in another field. Unfortunately that was when the Colorado economy was in the skids and I had a rough time getting a job. I worked for the Colorado Statesman, a political newspaper, and on some political campaigns. Serendipitously, while working on the campaign for Don Bain for Mayor, I met my future husband, also a Democrat who was doing an internship for graduate school. He got a job in Boca Raton, Florida, not long after we met and, after two angst-filled years, convinced me to leave Denver and move with him. I swore I would never move for someone else, especially to a place I didn't like that much, but sometimes you have to take chances! It worked, we got married--and still are 18 ye...Expand for more