Valerie Ostrander Proctor

Spending time with my husband and girls, we bought a fixer-upper in 2002 and we are still working on it. I also enjoy being so close to Chicago; we spend a lot of Saturdays enjoying the city with its culture and diversity. We used to enjoy traveling, but since having kids we don't do that anymore for obvious reasons!

Well, the typical stuff I guess: got married, bought a house, had two kids. I work part-time as a Compensation Analyst at Northwestern University since 2002, which I really enjoy and it gives me a great deal of flexibility to be with my girls more. Plus the 8 minute drive to work is awesome. I took a few extra years to finish college (ok, almost 8), but it worked out well since NU offers a generous tuition reduction and saved me from years of student loan payments! Next up for me is to return to school and get my masters degree, but with two little ones this may have to wait a few years.