Collette Solano:  

Life After graduation I became married, had two children and was divorced. My children are young adults now and I am still single. I have travelled to the countries of India,Thailand, Haiti, Israel and Kenya Africa to work with poor families, street kids and AIDS orphans. I currently volunteer to work with teen moms and homeless people to provide support and encouragement to them. I just recently came back from Rwanda and Souh Africa boy was that trip exciting!! School My biggest crush my first year of high school was on a young junior varsity football player whose initials are AT and that same year I also had a crush on another football player who was a senior with the initials BM. Teachers who inspired me most were Mr. Todd and Ms Roob. Mr. Todd was the only teacher who ever called my mom when I ditched his class. He taught me about responsibility, government and politics. Ms Roob said that I could be anything I wanted to be and provided a reference letter for my first job. I will never forget that! Happiest moments were pep rallies on the front steps, orange/black streamers all year round and of course the sunken gardens! College I attended Metropolitan State College immediately after graduation so I never experienced the dorm scene. (I did have the opportunity to live that expereince vicariously while my son attended CSU.) I dropped out of Metro after a year and a half. Took online and night courses to get my associates degree in early childhood education. I realized a bachelors degree was needed so I went back to Metro 20 years later in 1998 and obtained bachelors degrees in Social Work and Sociology. Worked full time and went to school full time to earn my Masters degree in Social Work in 2003. Even though I didn't do the dorm scene I can still relate to sleepless nights working on term papers. Workplace Flipping burgers and fast food were never work experiences for me, Thankfully! I started out working in a daycare center and worked my way up to...Expand for more