Jeff Helm:  

I hung out with everyone: jocks, burnouts, motorheads, nerds/geeks - I like them all. Things I remember most of HS is wrestling, pick up football games on weekends with the track, soccer and wrestling team members (football players joined after football season). I didn't start at Fenton and I didn't finish there. I started at Roosevelt HS in Chicago. I got into too much trouble there and moved to Bensenville to live with my father. I moved to Colorado before finishing HS and got a GED. I worked all sorts of odd jobs for a while but started a business with my older brother (printing company) in 1986 until 1990. I decided then to go back to school. I did that, working on my degree (journalism and political science) on and off -- finally finishing up in 2007 with a Master's in Public Administration. I've been a waiter, a reporter, editor, worked for a software company in Tech Support for a while and then as a supervisor and manager there, too. My second daughter was diagnosed with autism and I became more and more involved in public policy and advocating for those with disabilities. I...Expand for more