Karen Ahrens:
CLASS OF 1976
Kern Valley High SchoolClass of 1976
Lake isabella, CA
Immaculate Heart High SchoolClass of 9999
Tucson, AZ
University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1984
Los angeles, CA
Scripps CollegeClass of 1980
Claremont, CA
Karen's Story
Life
After High School
I went to Scripps College in Claremont, CA and graduated with a BA in Biology. I took a year for training and certification as a medical technologist and then went into the Army for 4 years as a payback for funding my college. After the army, I completely changed fields and eventually went into teaching high school. I have to admit that the weirdest change of direction I've made was swearing "I'd never be a teacher in high school" to being one.
Besides reconnecting with friends, I'd like to see Mrs. Wingender (junior high math) and Ms. Mats (high school english). Actually, I'd love to reconnect with any of our teachers. It would be interesting to see IF they remembered me and in the unlikely event that they did, what they remembered of me. Their perceptions would be so interesting since, of course, we thought we had life so figured out then.
My Spouse
Fred went to the college across the street from mine. We met through mutual friends when I was a sophomore and married right after I graduated from college. Together we've lived in Ontario, CA; Claremont, CA; Fort Knox, KY; Ft Irwin, C...Expand for more
A; Corona, CA; and have now been in Tucson, AZ for 15 years.
My Pets
We adore retired racing greyhounds and currently have two young females; a black and a white. Carpets always look grey.
My Kids
My son, Joshua, is a tremendous young man who is working as a structural engineer working in Phoenix, owns his own place and starts graduate school in August.
My daughter, Stephanie, is married to a wonderful guy and is working in New Jersey as a financial data analyst/programmer for Bloomberg
My (Former) Job
I was bitten by the science bug in high school and I'm afraid it was incurable. I have been teaching astrobiology, biology and chemistry at a private parochial school. I was also the school's Academic Decathlon coach. Yup, my team won the AZ State 1A championship 3 out of 5 years running!
Now?
I'm off on my next adventure. I finish my work with IHHS in a week. I am completely unsure what or where I'm going next. So far God has done such a great job leading me where I need to be that I'm actually a bit excited to find out the next destination. Maybe business, maybe something creative, maybe... who knows?
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