Marta Gongora:
CLASS OF 1977
Camelback High SchoolClass of 1977
Phoenix, AZ
Marta's Story
Life
I'm a full time single mom of a dazzling 18 yr. old daughter named Lolita, who just graduated from high school last June 2006. She has kept my life filled with the activities and fun of children's theater performances, rehearsals, improvisational classes, dance, girl scouts, gymnastics. Within the last year, I left a position that I ran for 7 years, packed and moved, restarted my own business as an independent beauty consultant, took my daughter to work as a character performer for this college semester in a magical kingdom in FL. I got the empty nest feeling because this is the first time she has left me for over 1 month.
In my business, I love love to make people look and feel great about themselves, enjoy doing photography make up. My daughter keeps me hip & in the know of what's happening now!
After high school graduation, I spent time at junior college, worked retail, learned to sell precious gemstones and wedding sets, spent time with my sister and my first niece, traveled to South America to spend time with family before moving overseas to the Middle East for the next 4 ye...Expand for more
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'78-82 Became a Flight Attendant for an international airlines and was based overseas. I'm already bilingual in spanish, so I picked up a few other languages easily. Licensed to operate B737, B707, L1011, & Lear Jet. Jeddah base '78-80; Opened Athens Base in Greece from '80-82. Traveled all over Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia. Was engaged to a Captain in the airlines ...
'83 Deregulation had taken place in the US & was overqualified to get hired here in the same career! Got hired with Continental, went to train in Denver, CO, & Dallas,TX, got licesned for operating DC 9s for Scab labor. Was sent to Tucson--got tired of the waiting game if we got hired or not and did not move back east.
'86-89 Worked for the USPS GMF Phx.
'88 Daughter born. Began my Mary Kay business.
'89 We moved to Pompano Beach, FL, for a year.
'90 Moved back to Phx.
'93-94 Earned free car with Mary Kay business. Decided to place my biz on hold.
'95-96 Went back to college
'97-'06 Began 2nd job Town of Paradise Valley in the PD. Managed Photo Radar department alone for next 7 years.
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