Veronica Rahorn:
CLASS OF 1979
Carl Hayden High SchoolClass of 1979
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona State University - BusinessClass of 1999
Tempe, AZ
Isaac Junior High School Class of 1975
Phoenix, AZ
Veronica's Story
College
I didn't go to college straight out of CHHS even though I had an AZ Regents Scholarship. I started to...but couldn't...It was too hard with an 18-month old son and a husband working the graveyard shift. I gave up the scholarship and started working, too. My mother-in-law babysat both of my sons until they started school.
It wasn't until the boys were teenagers that I started college again. It was 1992 and I was amicably divorced from Tony, married to Rich and living in the East Valley. Relations were so good with Tony (the three of us presented a united front to the boys so they got in trouble three times) that he actually moved in with us as housekeeper so that I could go back to school. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I would have started.
I started out at Mesa Community College and then transferred to A...Expand for more
Z State University...all part time. It took me 7 years to get my 4-year degree, but I really enjoyed it. My sons loved scolding me and telling me to do my homework, but if you remember me from high school, you know I didn't need much scolding. I received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems in 1999...twenty years after my high school graduation.
My tuition and books were paid by my employer, Salt River Project. However, when I started looking for jobs with them, they wouldn't offer me anything...even though I had been there for 13 years! Fortunately, I was in the Honors College and received several offers of employment. I took the one that promised me international travel and never looked back.
After a couple of years at Intel Corporation, I received my MBA in E-Commerce through an online university.
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