Barbara Lang

MOST RECENT UPDATE - the photo of me coming out of the Camaro at reunion was taken as a joke! Yes, that fabulous is mine (hand-me-down from my daughter actually), but I did not really wear it to reunion. I fear if someone already thought I was a fool, they now have evidence of it.

Geez, that's no so easy. Professionally - there is a book called 150 food jobs and I've had over 60 of those work experiences (no joke except why would I even count them?). Overall, these experiences occured mostly within two large organizations, one in Napa Valley and in Ithaca NY. Thankfully - both allowed me to be entrepreneurial in my work. Personally, I am married and we've had the good fortune to be (overall) healthy and active. We've been connected with a Cambodian nonprofit for many years and have spent much time there prior to the pandemic. The work I've done there, I continued to do here prior to retirement. Now, I do stand-up comedy (actually humor storytelling), and swim whenever I can

I was just in a storytelling competiion that had a Back To School theme and my time at high school was included. I had run (unopposed, which was convenient) for class president and had to give a speech at graduation. My Dad read my speech and demanded I change it. (My apologies - I had some unflattering words about our class. I was young - mea culpa.) I said them anyway. When finished, I sat down and saw my Dad with 2 thumbs up and a big smile. Later he said to me, "Honey, You've got balls, I'll give you that!" Odd delivery from a proud parent, but empowering nontheless. I took that as a sign to just keep moving forward, and so I did.