>> Well, I started out -- I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher, and had an opportunity
when I was a senior in high school to work at a childcare center in the afternoon.
I was responsible for the four- and five-year-old class from 3:30 until 6:00,
and I also was responsible for closing the center up and all that that entailed.
And that's what made me decide to major in early childhood education here at Auburn.
And at the time, that was kind of a new thing for the state of Alabama;
there was not kindergarten in the state of Alabama.
That's changed drastically in the, I guess 40 years since I've graduated.
But I was one of the first -- I guess we were the second group
of early childhood majors to graduate.
So I taught kindergarten here in the state of Alabama, and then through marriage and moved
across all the way to Minneapolis.
I was a teacher and then a director of a childcare center there
and did that until our children were born.
Then I actually took a crazy path to pharmaceuticals, I stayed home with my kids
for 14 years and was looking for a part-time job.
And my husband had always been in sales and he encouraged me and said, "You can do this,"
so I took a part-time job as a part time pharmaceutical rep,
and couple years later had an opportunity to make it full-time,
and did, and did that for about 12 years.