David Sideras:
CLASS OF 1979
Mabel Rush Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Newberg, OR
Southern Oregon UniversityClass of 1990
Ashland, OR
Southern Oregon UniversityClass of 1989
Ashland, OR
Newberg High SchoolClass of 1986
Newberg, OR
Springbrook Junior High SchoolClass of 1982
Newberg, OR
David's Story
Hi! I hope that this note finds you in good health and spirits.
After high school I moved to Ashland to attend SOU. Together with working through high school, I landed a great job while in college that allowed me to save quite a bit. I took my junior year abroad in Madrid and managed to graduate debt free with a degree in Spanish with emphasis in communication and psychology.
After college was hard due to the economy at the time. I decided to move to Japan to learn another language, to try teaching as a profession and to have another experience abroad. I ended up in Nagoya for 3.5 years all at the same company teaching English on contract for the personnel of various banks and automotive companies including Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda.
While in Japan, I learned some Japanese (enough to scare touris...Expand for more
ts), traveled quite a bit in Asia and saved up a down payment for a house.
I was thinking about becoming a teacher or professor, but Measure 5 passed right before I returned. The security and retirement for teachers was being threatened, so upon returning to the States, I started my own mortgage banking company specializing in speculative residential construction.
My wife, Albina, and I met here in town, but she is from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her native language is Russian and she also speaks Tartar, German and English. So my education on foreign cultures and languages continues.
My family and I live just moved outside of Portland to 5 acres which we share with an Aussie , a tortoise-shell cat, and some chickens and sheep.
It would be great hearing from you. I can also be contacted via Facebook.
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