Debra Johnston:  

Life After graduation from Poway High School I attended Smith College in Northampton, MA, where I majored in music with a minor in art. I obtained a Master's in Library Science at the University of Southern California and worked in public libraries in the LA County system as a children's librarian. I am currently working at Trinity Presbyterian Church in West Sacramento where I preach and teach a bible study and lead a bereavement small group. I am also involved in Trinity's pastoral care and visitation ministry. I worked for four years as a copy editor for Harcourt Brace on art and English grammar textbooks and then became a K-12 art and music teacher in Montana after my marriage (no kids) ended peacefully in February of '95. My artist father (wood sculptor Clay Johnston and owner of "Clay's Good Earth" in Rancho Bernardo from the 70's-80's) passed away in July of 2003 in Napa, CA (mom preceded him in death in March of '82 in Rancho Bernardo). Ever the charmer, Dad was achieving as an artist (winning a national woodcarving competition at the age of 75) up to the very end. In many ways Dad inspired me in the direction I am moving today. My younger brother, Craig Johnston (Poway High class of 1973), was Chair of the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ (suburb of Phoenix) at the time of his death from complications of Type I Diabetes on April 11, 2011. Craig's daughter Hope (b. 1982) graduated ...Expand for more