Denise Olczak:  

In high school I was the country girl interested in all things "outdoors". I even drug Cathy Csaky into my adventures of canoeing and camping with a co-ed Scouting group called Canoe Trails. Our trips included canoeing in the wilds of Quebec and hiking parts of the Appalachian Trail. My positive memories of Villa include Sophomore class president, student council and working on the yearbook and the not so positive are endless boring masses. After high school I went to Penn State where I met my husband, Bill. We were married at the end of my Sophomore year of college (he graduated) and I finished my Junior and Senior years at Mercyhurst College in Erie. Before settling down to have children, I worked for various private and government agencies in the area of environmental education. We purchased land in the country and designed and built our passive solar house. We became entenpenuers and built a rental housing business. Then I began homeschooling our sons and buidling an equestrian b...Expand for more