Martica Castillo:  

I will be 60 years old on October 8th and I am still standing. During my high school years I attended Cathedral HS and St Joseph HS in Denver, Colorado and completed junior and senior year and graduated in 1972 from Hillsdale HS in San Mateo, California. I am fortunate I get to re-connect with people from all three high schools as I had friends at all three schools. I attended San Francisco State University and obtained a BA and a Masters in Social Work degrees and passed the oral and written exams and became certified as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I worked for the State of California for 20 years in different positions and in various departments located at Sacramento, California. These jobs provided me the opportunity to travel throughout the state of California. I married three times but never gave birth to any children. I am now a pet parent to two Labrador/Border Collie mix dogs. Thanks to CalPers, I am now comfortably retired and working a part-time job in an administrative support position in a modern office building located within a few minutes of my residence. I live in a small community with a private park with a pool/spa to enjoy and a homeowners association and Board to keep me challenged and involved. The community is located within the neighborhood called Natomas near the Sacramento River and Discovery Park in close proximity to downtown and Old Town Sacramento. There are all types of stores, restaurants, church, parks, community center, library, post office, banks, dog parks, and trails all in the neighborhood so I never drive more than a few minutes each outing and get to walk most places. Although, there are plenty of stores in the area, I have learned to do my shopping online...Amazon, QVC and HSN...so I manage to stay out of malls. I was an avid hiker in the Sierra Nevada mountains and at the Pacific Coast trails for a decade and have great photos and memories of stunning places where I had lunch on Saturdays. I climbed actual stairs for exercise and know most of the interior staircases of the tallest buildings in Sacramento. Now on week-ends, I tend my garden and the dog's yard and take walks with the dogs or solo and thanks to the availability of the internet, I stay in contact with relatives and friends through e-mails and Facebook, and I confess, I do play games. I am told the games are good for the maintenance of brain activity. I am on Facebook as Marta Valero, do look me up and send me a message and a request to be friends. I read AARP Magazine and AARP Bulletin. The only travel I do is to Miami, Florida to visit paternal and maternal relatives and have the opportunity to be involved in Cubanismo and eat Cuban foo...Expand for more