Tenley Smith:  

Life I finally moved away from Sparta in 1997. Currently I live in a suburb of Chicago and LOVE it!! While living in Sparta, my husband, Steve, was a coal miner and I was a stay-at-home mom . . . I loved that, too! But when the mines closed down, we decided that I would go back to school, with the intent of being the breadwinner of the family. I graduated from: Belleville Area College in 1993, with AAS degree in Advertising Art Marketing. SIU - Carbondale in 1995 & 1997 with BS & MS in Workforce Education & Development. I came to the Chicago area alone to take a job with Plexco - a division of Chevron Chemical Co., as an IT User Liaison. My kids joined me 6 months later, and Steve finally got the courage to move (and got the transfer that he was waiting for) 2 1/2 years later. I currently work for Comcast - the nation's largest cable provider. I'm a Direct Sales Supervisor, in charge of training all of the Chicago West Area sales reps. Steve is a Security Therapy Aide at Elgin Mental Health. I also have my own business. In May 2003, I formed Tenley & Associates, Inc. I specialize in teaching swim lessons to persons of all ages and abilities, which I've been doing for over 30 years. I rent pool space and have hired and trained others to teach swimming using my philosophy and methodology. I even have my own website: learn2swim d...Expand for more