Carla Bacon:
CLASS OF 1975
Silverton Union High SchoolClass of 1975
Silverton, OR
Portland State UniversityClass of 1987
Portland, OR
University of Oregon - Liberal ArtsClass of 1978
Eugene, OR
Sedona Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Sedona, AZ
Eugene Field Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Silverton, OR
Carla's Story
Life
A life bio? You MUST be joking! It's still being written...
School
biggest crush...was on a teacher who shall remain unnamed... ;)
carol clore and dave becker inspired me the most...
one act of courage that I remember well and will forever be grateful for having the guts to stand up and tell the band teacher to "go to hell" and then getting a 3-day suspension for refusing to apologize to him. a**hole. he was the nightmare teacher from hell and it gave me great pleasure to see him resoundly booted in the middle of the year...
College
Went to U of O but partied mostly at OSU with Collette Guyer and other speech pals.
Animal House was filmed on campus while I was at U of O.
Star Wars made me laugh out loud -- I loved ALL the special effects! But...laughing while everyone else was taking the film SERIOUSLY nearly got me kicked out of the theatre...
Gained way too much weight in freshman year...and promptly turned anorexic my sophomore year...
Acted in a couple of plays...thanks to my roommate who was a drama major and drug me along to HER auditions...
Met my former husband and dr...Expand for more
opped out in 1978...
Married in 1979 and didn't return to finish that BS until 1987, when I FINALLY graduated from Portland State University with a BS in Communication.
Earned a Ski/Snowboard Business degree (AAS -- Associate of Applied Sciences) and have also written a Board Tuning Book...love to snowboard (badly!) and can now tune my own equipment (among other things...)!
Grad school for my MPH began in 2009...yes folks, Johns Hopkins accepted ME! Graduated on May 26, 2010!
Graduated from University of Colorado in 2012 with an MBA and certification in Healthcare Administration.
Started Doctoral work 8/2015 at University of Illinois at Chicago while also serving as Regional Administrative Public Health Director over 5 counties in NW Oklahoma.
Workplace
Executive Director of the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation
also...
Writer. Webmaster. Techie Geek. Published Author. and a whole bunch of other "stuff" associated with public health...
oh, and MOM. occupies a great deal of my time -- even though all 3 of my kids are grown now...
oh, and GRANDmom, too. :) Just call me GiGi!
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