Gina Emory:
CLASS OF 1972
Santa Maria High SchoolClass of 1972
Santa maria, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1976
Santa barbara, CA
Allan Hancock CollegeClass of 1974
Santa maria, CA
Fesler Junior High SchoolClass of 1968
Santa maria, CA
Gina's Story
Life
Living in North Idaho, married since 1981 to my husband, Tom. We have 3 children - his two that I've raised and our son, Jonathan, born in May 1986. I do everything and anything that has to do with computers for the County Library District here. Official title is Technology Manager. I also do freelance web and graphic design and manage several IT systems in the community as a consultant. I've worked with computers since 1983 in one form or another. I owned a PC sales, service, & support business for several years until the library offered me a dream position in 1994, at which time I sold my business and joined the library district. My hobbies include travel, golf, fitness and nutrition, reading, writing, and technology. My husband has worked for FedEx since 1987 and is a former junior high Biology & PE teacher and football and basketball coach. He is a Colorado native. I miss the California sunshine, the ocean, and family and friends still there, but not much else. I have 4 grandkids; two live here in town, the other two live just over an hour away. They are great kids and being a grandparent is a great gig!
Well, I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be living in North Idaho! But I am and I love it (miss the ocean and sunshine of California though). I love my job (technology manager for the county library district), have a great family, and really couldn't ask for much more. I didn't really know where I'd be at this point in my life, and in some ways I'm doing exactly what I might have envisioned. In other ways, I could never have imagined my life as it is now.
During my senior year of high school, I had many scholarship offers. I was courted by, and accepted into Occidental College with a full ride. My mother decided I was too young to go away to school, having turned 17 just before graduation, so I went to Hancock Jr. College for one year. Met my first husband there and like a dumb kid, decided I didn't want to go to school so far away from him, so I gave up my scholarship and went to UCSB instead. I majored in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on software (that was the dark ages - keypunch era). It was not what I thought it would be, so I switched to Art, hoping to study graphic design. Mom died in D...Expand for more
ecember of my senior year of college. I stayed in school until March, but finally took a leave of absence with only one quarter left in order to get my BA. Life got crazy, I got divorced, moved to San Francisco, remarried, and never went back to school to get my degree - one of my biggest regrets. I worked for an advertising agency in San Francisco on the California Milk Advisory Board and Pendleton Mills campaigns for a time. Then moved to San Antonio, TX for 7 long months while my husband received his medic training in the Army. From there, we moved to Colorado Springs, CO. I started my own advertising agency, then worked as the in-house ad agency for a local stereo store. I divorced in 1980, met my current husband, and married him in 1981. In 1983, we moved to Sandpoint, ID, where we've lived ever since.
Workplace
I started working at 15 selling shoes at Reeve's Shoes in the strip mall near the high school. I worked there until I graduated from high school, then did a stint at KFC and a men's clothing store during my first year of college. I started waiting tables in Santa Barbara while I went to UCSB, then worked for an orthopedic supply company in my first office job as the office manager right after school. I had a side job at the San Ysidro Guest Ranch taking people on trail rides, which was an awesome job! In 1977 I moved to San Francisco and worked a variety of jobs while there. I lived in San Antonio, TX while my husband was in AIT at Ft. Sam Houston and worked as a waitress again during our 7 months there. From TX we moved to Colorado Springs, CO. I worked as a cocktail waitress for a bit, then managed a stereo store and worked as their in-house ad agency. After that, I worked in radio advertising sales. I moved to Idaho in 1983, where I became an executive secretary for the president of a skiwear manufacturer. I also put together their catalog and promotional materials, drew line art for the catalog, and was their fit model. After Serac, I became the customer service manager and IT manager of another skiwear manufacturer, Sun Ice USA. Finally, I started my own business, which I owned for 4 years before being hired by the library district in Bonner County as the Technology Manager in 1994, a position I still hold today.
Register for Free to view all details!
Yearbooks
Register for Free to view all yearbooks!
Reunions
Register for Free to view all events!
Photos
