Mandi Pike:  

I'm a wife and a mom, and I got a late start! Anaheim High, the friends, the experience made me who I am. Music, Band (yes, I was one of 'those' for a couple of years and loved it!), Mozart Choir, "The King and I" (I did alot of the costumes!), the friends..I knew 'em all, and like them too! Dating, cruising, just having fun. Oh and I Ice Skated at Glacier Falls and still call alot of those 'Rink Rats' good friends. I worked at Disneyland, still visit a couple of times a year...and will never really grow up, I'm having too much fun! I side-stepped Jr College and ended up at the University of Hawaii (thanks to a boyfriend from Servite who played football at UH!) and spent 4 years finding myself. Best thing I ever did, the history and beauty of the islands grounded me and taught me that we are all one no matter what color you are or place your ancestors called home. I worked at Queens Medical Center, KITV (the ABC TV Affiliate in Honolulu -the BEST!) and studied on the beach of Waikiki. Back to the mainland in '87, went from wearing shorts and flip flops to work at the TV Station to getting hired by Price Waterhouse (yes, they do the Academy Awards, after all these years I still get asked that question!) Talk about shocking me back into the corporate world! Suits, pumps, brief cases etc... It was a great experience that brought me to the Bay Area (I transferred from the Newport Beach Office to the SF Office) when I met Herb in '90. 2 years of BART to SF and I was over the whole thing...hired by a ...Expand for more