Patricia Chikalla:
CLASS OF 1975
Mount Vernon High SchoolClass of 1975
Alexandria, VA
Ft. Campbell High SchoolClass of 1975
Ft. campbell, KY
Wagner High SchoolClass of 1975
Clark afb,
Whittier Intermediate SchoolClass of 1971
Falls church, VA
Wagner Middle SchoolClass of 1971
Clark afb,
Patricia's Story
Gee, how lucky am I? I dont have 1-reunion for high school; I get to go to 3! To get everyone up to date my freshman year was at Wagner HS at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. My sophomore and ½ my junior years were at Fort Campbell HS in Kentucky. I finished my junior year and graduated from Mt Vernon HS in Alexandria, Virginia. After high school, I was off to Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music where I got a degree in music education.
After graduating from Shenco, I taught developmentally challenged and extremely gifted (both ends of the spectrum) grade schoolers for a year at Fort Bragg Elementary School in NC. I was accepted at the University of Alabama to pursue my Masters degree. On the day I was to report for classes I ended up in NH. I worked for ChubbLife America from 1981-1989. I started in Corporate Finance, moved to the Investment Dept, on to Product Dev, Marketing, Licensing, and finished back in Marketing before I left. While I was in NH I got married 1984. It only lasted a couple years, I was always on the go and he had no ambition.
In 1989, I moved to Worcester, MA and worked for Paul Revere Ins as a Sales Training Consultant. I traveled all over the country training brokers and agents on the insurance products. I remarrie...Expand for more
d in 1990 and we relocated to Seattle where I continued to work for Paul Revere. I became an Insurance Agent in 1993 (never again - so much work for so little and I dont like rejection!). In 1996 we moved to Brandon, FL where I worked as a trainer for Metracomp, a medical bill review company. Split-up with husband #2 after 8 years. He moved outside of Columbus, GA and I moved about 15-miles to Tampa. I got a job with AEGON in 1999 in the IT department and now Im a Sr. Systems Analyst working on developing and testing new insurance products and fixing the problems that occur with the functionality of existing ones. Im also a Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. Right now I teach body sculpting on Mondays and kickboxing on Wednesdays. (Love getting paid to work out!) I also run the company Corn Toss league and we have a blast! Quite a bit of trash talk goes on there. I started figure skating (ice) in February 2009 after laying off for 29-years. I am proud to say I can do a waltz jump again. Not bad for one as young as me.
No children unless you count the 2-dogs and the cat. I have my friends and my sports (especially hockey followed by baseball). Looking forward to reconnecting with friends from HS and College - stay in touch!
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