Lisa Mathis:  

My story?....Don't think its too important to talk about what I did in high school because I think all I did was swim. Life is very different now - although I'm still swimming but certainly not as fast or as much!! And boy, doesn't it take longer to recover! After Northwood I went to University of Hawaii and swam there, too. Then married an Australian bloke and moved to Oz. Long story short here, we parted ways after many years I considered moving back to the states but my options were better here so I stayed. At the time I was in fashion and moved to Melbourne (the heart of Australian fashion) took a roll as a brand manager for a ladies swim and sportswear company. Stayed for a few years but missed Sydney too much. Returned, changed industries - went into telcho sales and lived it up for a couple of years until I fell in love again. Married and had kids this time around. I'm still living in Sydney Australia with my four gorgeous kids, three cats (one adopted us, so I'm not responsible!) and a dog. I'm not married anymore but we remain amicable. It's been almost 27 years here now and its a beautiful city. Too bad it's so far away from the states. I'd love more visitors. I have a fantastic network of friends here - Aussies are really warm and great fun! We do lots of entertaining and I have a group of girlfriends that get together regularly, have a bet, drink champagne, eat, chat and put the proceeds aside for our famous annual weekend away - without kids or the men in our life. Not that we don't love the kids and ...Expand for more