Karen Merback:  

a coworker was very surprised to hear me say that we graduated from NCHS the same year and that we went to Dean Morgan Jr High too. In fact he marched behind me at our graduation. The expression on his face of disbelief made me realize that it was time for others to see that I had become a communicative adult with many passionate ideas I want to share with this world, I would like my classmates to remember that I did graduate with them. I would like my high school classmates to see how I have transformed into an adult with communication skills instead of not realizing I graduated with them. Those years remind me that I needed to change before others would be able to communicate with me. I was in DECA and this began to bring me out of my shyness as well as allowing me to realize that I was passionate about marketing. Deca gave me a taste of how marketing made me feel good about myself. I was constantly told it was a man's world when it came to marketing skills. Well, I am here to tell you it isn't anymore! Workplace I continued to work in retail until my father died 6 months after we graduated. I decided I should go to college. I began at Casper College with the intent to get my Bachelor's in education. I decided I wanted to steer into another world and that was cosmetology. I was a cosmetologist for 12 years and decided I was tired of standing on my feet and chit chatting all day. Meeting my first husband and having two beautiful children was a dream come true. Okay, well the children part was the better part of my dream being fulfilled. I went back to college after the divorce and began acquiring some computer skills because my children were getting better at these darn machines than their mother. I began working at the school district as a computer trouble shooter and gained a ton of knowledge. I began working at Wyoming Medical Center in 1996 in the education department. This workplace changed my life for good. As I worked there I went back to school to acquire my degree in Marketing through the University of Phoenix. I have 6 classes to go and I will have my bachelors degree. I will then start the Masters program in Marketing at University of Phoenix. I discovered many things about myself and now I am pursuing my passions and dreams. I also found some really good friends at this workplace and they introduced me to my current husband. I recently resigned my position at Wyoming Medical Center as I was ready to step up to the plate and open my own business.