Olivia Thomas

HIGHLIGHTS
Left Panama to Newport News, Virginia on a sunny Sunday morning of August, 1972 with the dream to complete my higher education. Had the good fortune to also live in New York, Toronto and Miami.

Education
Bachelors of Science in Management Information Systems - Barry University - 1986
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instructions University of Phoenix – 2006
Completing the Florida state reading endorsement with hope to continue teaching literacy even after retirement
Completed my first class to become a Religious Science practitioner and have great hope to become an ordain minister after retirement. (Taking class toward becoming a practitioner)

Work
(New York)
Freight forwarding clerk for a German firm located in building One of the Word Trade Center
(Miami)
Police Department as a crime analyst three years
YWCA - Management Information Systems director for eight years -
Educator for 16 years at an adult vocational school – some of the classes I taught was business skills, computer programming, MS Office application software, web design and accounting. Chaired the Business Tech Department of the school for seven years.
Six years teaching at a high school – entrepreneurial skills. (Retired)

Business Ventures
Grocery and fish market – Brooklyn, New York 70’s
Security Guard Agency – Miami 80’s
Currently – Rental properties in Columbia, SC

I want to express my gratitude to have been part of class "69" a healthier and less stressful time in history that allowed me to be the woman I am today. Love and blessings to all.

Veronica thank you for the fantastic job you did with the website.

"Faith is a mental attitude that is so convinced of its own idea that any contradiction is unthinkable and impossible. " Dr Ernest Holmes