I began my first job the summer of my 12th year, working in the warehouse of the family moving business. I’ve never forgotten the words my father spoke to me on the ride to work that first day–”Just because your name is Allison doesn’t mean you don’t have to work as hard as everyone else. [...]
I got my start designing websites and fixing PC’s. I never went to University. Instead I decided I wanted to teach myself, since I’ve always been a self starter.
Because of some early work I did, I was recommended to a local entrepreneur as someone who was good with websites. He asked me to build a [...]
I recently blogged about how I got my start, but basically I grew up in a neighborhood of all boys and have been told throughout my life that I couldn’t participate because I was a girl.
In the 6th grade I began proving them wrong by making the boys basketball team (there wasn’t a girls [...]
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He was our precious first-born, with several severe mental and physical disabilities. He never learned to speak, didn’t comprehend, had grand mal seizures, and never even learned to chew food or eat by himself. Caring for him was a 24/7 career. In middle of the night I’d awaken to his crib moving on the hardwood [...]
It is such a long and winding story to explain how I got my start. Mainly because I have done so many things in my life and each one had it’s own start and finish.
At 17 I found myself pregnant and clueless. I married and then began to raise children. I didn’t really want to [...]
I have loved art ever since I was a small child, and that passion for art has continued to this day .
My parents collected art and were friends with some successful artists, so I was greatly influenced by that. I had always wanted to share my love of art with children especially. To me there [...]
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I’m in my current position and in this industry (broadcast, web) because a gal got married and went on her honeymoon about 10 years ago.
I was newly-divorced with 4 little girls, and was temping at the time. I was sent to interview for a 2-week temp job, to cover the gal’s honeymoon. I was, instead, [...]
Ever since I was in junior high I thought I was going to grow up to be a newspaper reporter. I worked at the school newspaper from 6th grade on through college.
While in high school I attended a summer journalism program at Northwestern University in 1995.
I have always been an overachiever. I started taking college [...]
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I never dreamed I’d be in insurance.
As an undergraduate at Stanford, I studied Political Science and English, and had good grades. As I prepared to graduate I signed up for a wide range of interviews.
As graduation neared, I had 3 opportunities to choose from.
First was Anderson Consulting. The interviewer there explained that they’d work me [...]
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