Michele Vivirito:  

Life I would be surprised if many people remember me from my Mater Dei days. I was quiet and not much involved in school activities. I remember many of you with affection. I never married (also never had any kids!), but I'm a doting aunt of four nephews and three nieces. Maybe some of you remember my siblings who also went to Mater Dei -- Marianne (class of 1964), Marcia (1965), Toni (1968), and Eddy (1972). The two youngest Viviritos (Paul and Peggy) decided to go to Villa Park High School. My mom and dad are still with us and still live in Orange County. She is 83 years old, and he is 92.. After high school, I went to Cal State Fullerton and graduated in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. I became interested in kids with speech, hearing, and learning disabilities, and I taught at Providence Speech and Hearing Center in Orange (near St. Joseph's Hospital) from 1972 to 1980. I had classic burnout, left teaching, and in 1980 took a job as an entry-level medical writer at Allergan, a pharmaceutical company in Irvine. Allergan is famous now for Botox, but in 1980 it was best known for ophthalmic drugs and contact lens products. I was at Allerga...Expand for more