Sharon Duckworth:  

My Life: I was born on May 7th 1955 in Douglas, Arizona at the old Phelps Dodge Hospital. Its now a juvenile probation office. I went there to do intakes on juveniles crosssing the border into the US for drinking and drug violations when I was a juvenile probation officer. Soon after my birth my father went back into the Air Force and we moved around the country a lot, spending time in Sacramento CA, Minot ND, and Tucson AZ. Finally he retired after 21 years and we wound up living in Silver City, New Mexico. I graduated from High School in 1973 and attended WNMU for three years. I was pre nursing but got married instead. Four kids ( two boys, two girls) later and while living in Orem Utah-I became divorced and continued to raised my children as a single parent. In 1985 my parents, sister, and I moved to Sierra Vista, AZ. I finally acquired my Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science in 1996. I met my second husband Gael Duckworth-a corrections officer-I was doing Juvenile Probation at the time. After three years of being a probation officer, I quit in 2001 to pursue my Master's Degree in Social Work at ASU. I graduated in 2003 with Honors and started working at COPE Behavioral Health as an intake and assessment worker and then counseling. I qui...Expand for more