Michelle Akerblade de Saldivar:  

Life After Kamiakin, I graduated from WSU in Communications. A month later I went to Spain where I resided for 5 years in Madrid and also the Canary Islands. I finally learned Spanish Mr. Kraus! Then I moved to Seattle where most of my friends were living. Many of them were in bands and or computers. I got a job with a start up company called Nextel International as a bilingual assistant to the VP and after each foreign company got started with its own domestic Nextel, the company desolved. I then tried to find work in documentaries, which I had been studying on the side at UW. I had a few ventures with that, but anyway...someday! Then I went to work as a real estate agent with Windermere in Seattle and had a staging company called Seattle Home Stagers that was a great compliment to selling houses. I´m a little obsessed with decoration and design. During this period of my life I was single and enjoyed taking walks down to the beach with my dog, eating sushi by myself, and watching friends perform their music from time to time. That´s when my mom invited me to accompany her to Monterrey, Mexico where I unexpectedly met the one I was waiting for,my prince, just when I had no hopes of living up to my expectations. So, after flying from Seattle to Mexico every month for a year, I sold everything and decided to give it a try. Long distance relationships get old and tragic. I have always been the adventurous type and after having been out of the states once, my point of view had changed towards the world and I was left with this kind of yearning to live outside the US. I never imagined I would end up living in Mexico, but here I am almost seven years later. Now I am married and have a four year old girl and a seven month boy. I am currently teaching english to executives, do translations for companies, and work as an interpreter. I have adop...Expand for more