Richard/Lani Marcos:  

AS YOU CAN SEE BY MY NAME AND PICTURE, THAT THEY DON'T RAELISTICLY REPRESENT EACH OTHER. THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS RICHARD BUT AM NOW LANI. THE PICTURE ON MY PROFILE IS LANI TAKEN 5 YEARS AGO. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH MY "THINGS" TO SEE IF I CAN FIND A PICTURE RICHARD DURING 1967-1971. I ACTUALLY NEVER GRADUATED WITH MY CLASS. I DROPPED OUT IN MY SOPHMORE YEAR BUT GOT MY GED IN 1979 THEN TO COLLEGE WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN THEATER DRAMA/ARTS. I WORKED WITH VARIOUS MODEL AGENCIES AS A STYLIST AND MAKE-UP&HAIR ARTIST. NEVER REALLY SATISFIED WITH ONE INTEREST, I THEN WENT ON AS AN APPRENTICE IN THE CULINARY FIELD AS A SAUSEE' . BECOMMING A CHEF "STROBLES" A SPOKANE RESTUARANT. SOME OF MY INTERESTS ARE DANCE, BEING A PRINCIPLE DANCER WITH " SHIELA XOREGOS DANCE COMPANY" IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CONTINUED DANCING THROUGH OUT MY ADULT HOOD UNTILL A KNEE INJURY. I WENT TO FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL HAVING SWIMSUIT DESIGNS WITH "PROLINE SWIMSUITS' SUMMER CATALOGS. iiSTUDIED AND ENJOY PHOTOGRAPHY WINNING A 1ST PRIZE AWARD WITH A PRORTRATURE PUBLISHED IN 1979 "PERFECT PICTURE" CONTEST. BEING BORN IN THE PHILLIPINES, TRAVELING HAS TAKEN ME TO AS FAR AS WESTERN EUROPE MAKING MY HOME TO DATE IN CALIFORNIA. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS DURING MY SCHOOL YEARS IN SANTA CLARA, INCLUDING 7TH & 8TH GRADE AT CURTIS JR. HIGH AS PRESIDENT IOF THE YEARBOOK CLUB, (THERE ONE CAN VIEW NUMOROUS PHOTOS OF RICHARD 1966-1967). WAS IN A TALENT SHOW WITH VICKI OCHOA AND FRANCIS GARCIA DANCING THE LATIST TREND "THE JERK"...HAHA. I ENTERED BUCHSER HIGH SCHOOL JOINING THE SWIM TEAM BUT DURING A 5 LAP SWIM AROUND THE POOL 1ST AM CLASS,...Expand for more