Tracy Hardin:  

I am from Ellicott City, Maryland. I am ... well, it's complicated. Most people into the high school scene likely do not remember me. The day I got my driver's license, I started working for my father, driving all over the metro Baltimore Washington area. I had a close friend who was in VoTech, and hung out mostly with the drama crew. Wish I had been more involved in that aspect of high school, good group of people. Some may remember, I was in a bad car accident the year after graduation. Lots of operations and recovery. My schools include Mt. Hebron High School, College of Coastal Georgia (Chemistry, Biology, Education), Mercer University (Natural Science BBA Management) and UMUC M.Ed. Instructional Technology. I currently work for Catholic Charities as an Instructional Technology Specialist. Working on my Special Ed Cert to hopefully get back down to Anne Arundel County for my son's senior year 2017 graduation date. I worked in Ocean City the summer after high school (drug addicts and alcoholics galore....BAD experience!), was a PBX operator at the Columbia Innn (now the Hilton, whatever the hotel on the lake is?), a building manager at a North Charles Street historic office building, a pylon inspector at Aberdeen proving ground. In 1986 moved to Georgia to renovate and sell three rental properties. After moving to Georgia, worked to finish my Bachelor's degree at Mercer University (which no one ever heard of in Maryland until the basketball team was winning this past year). During that time I worked various positions in accounting as well as in the seafood research lab at the University of Georgia Marine Extension. I was on a panel to determine innovative ways to freeze and store seafood...you know those vacuum packed bags that make the seafood fresher? I ate and spit out shrimp for 6 months through the development of that method of food preservation :) Had a daughter in 1996 and a son in 1998 and became a certified teacher in 2006. I did make it to the 25th reunion, and brought my son as my date. Moved to Annapolis, Maryland in 2008 when my Mom passed away to live with my father. I worked for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the US Census in 2010, a math and science tutor, was a footman for Annapolis horse carriage tours, became a lifeguard to watch lap swimmers at 4:30 am at the age of 47, was a banquet server at the Preakness, a robotics instructor for TAG students a top appliance sales person for Best Buy Columbia, and a part tim...Expand for more