Sonja Conta:  

Hi, I left Madera when I iwas 18 years old and went to Highland School of Nursing and after graduation I moved to San Francisco. I have lived in the SF Bay area since.. I did live in New York for 2 years while my husband was in grad school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. We lived in The Big Apple during the summer between school years. I loved, and still love, New York City but I like living in Marin. I live across the Golden Gate bridge in Tiburon. My husband and I love sailing and we raced one design in SF Bay, winning the season's championship in our class one year. We like cruising also and have cruised down the Pacific coast to Mexico. We also cruised in Mexico as well. We are fortunate to dock our 36 foot French made sailboat ( a Jeanneau) behind our house. Her name is "French Toast"and I don't mean food!! The Mexican's had a little problem with the translation. I continued working as a RN at Marin General Hospital while I got a BA in Health Services Administration from ST. Mary's University. That degree opened doors for me in ot...Expand for more