Lora Poepping:  

Life Hi MV alumni! It is a bit strange to write a bio after graduating over 20 years ago, but I'll try and keep it short. After graduation from MV I attended UCSB. After leaving SB I headed out to Indiana University and picked up a Master's degree in Higher Education Administration and a boy-friend who would eventually become my husband. But, before tying the knot, I lived in Washington, DC, where I worked for the Smithsonian Institution and then for The American University. After about 2+ years I moved back to the Bay Area, where I settled in, married my wonderful husband, Scott, and went to work for Deloitte & Touche as a Recruiter. 6 happy years went by and I saw many friends marry, bought a couple of homes (Berkeley and Oakland Hills), welcomed our first daughter - Jordan - and enjoyed a great career in HR. In 1995, my husband was offered a terrific job in Seattle and we decided to try living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I took some time off when we first arrived, but went a bit stir-crazy, so went back to work part-time for a medium sized software company: Microsoft. In 1996 I had my second daughter, Merrill and continued on with Microsoft. I...Expand for more