Linda McMahon:  

I'd love to hear from any EHS alum, particularly Austinites. I'd really love to hear from Lisa Stell, Lupe Garcia, Laura and Chris Bain, Becky Alvarado, Mike Mullins, and Mark Fraga. I'd also love to hear from Eastwood Knolls alums Donna Kelly, Teresa Boyce, and Tricia Hunt. After high school graduation, I remained in El Paso for years. For almost 10 years, I worked at El Paso Community College where I also went to school, completing two Associate degrees. I almost married a couple of times, but didn't actually tie the knot until 1986. That marriage took me to Austin, TX. Although the marriage ended in 1991, I still live in Austin. I'm happily married to my second husband, Scott, an electrical engineer. We have no children, but enjoy spending time with our extended family that includes both adult and young nieces and nephews. We live just west of Austin in the town of Lakeway. Soon after relocating to Austin, I began working in the high-tech industry, which is how I met Scott. The high-tech arena opened up my career opportunities. After working as a contracts and intellectual property manager, web designer, operations director, and project officer and turning down a promotion that would have required me to relocate to NYC, I eventually settled into steady work as a technical communicator, trainer, and manager. I now manage our own professional services business (Pixels & Verbs, LLC), providing the "verbs" part of the business. This includes technical communications (traditional documentation and online help development, writing, editing, illustration, planning, management, and design), template design, desktop publishing, training and curriculum development, business analysis, and organizational effectiveness consulting). While Scott fills the "pixels" side of the business (digital photography) in his free time, I also do a bit of photography, but I'm not nearly as good at it as Scott, for whom photography has been a hobby most of his life. Both Scott and I enjoy working with computers, photography, cooking, reading, travel, and spending time with our extended family in the US, Canada, and Scotland. In 2008, Scott began mentoring a high school robotics team. He has expertise with both the hardware and software sides of things. I was somewhat involved that first year, but only in the background. In January of 2009, I became the team's lead non-engineering mentor. The 'varsity' team we work with competes in FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition). All I can say is "Wow!" If you have children who are at all interested in technology or business, look for a FIRST Robotics for them. There are competition levels for grades K-12; see firstinspires.org for details. You can also get involved, even if you're not an engineer or don't ...Expand for more