I grew up in Palo Cedro and graduated from Shasta High, where I was a cheerleader and into music. I dabbled in radio and wanted to stay local, so I went to Shasta College—where I also got to cheer. That’s where I met and started dating Jason. We planned to go to Humboldt together, but our careers just took off. I went to San Francisco, where I spent 17 years as the youngest news anchor at KGO, and 7 years at KFI, the #1 Newstalk station in the country.
But I missed Redding, so I moved back, and here I am— dating the same guy I met in college, and working with the same radio crew I left 30 years ago, but now we are all together again, this time at Q97.
That AA degree from Shasta College was huge for me. As a news anchor I needed to know 10% of everything, and let me be honest, I knew 90% of nothing. However, I knew the right questions to ask because of the general education classes I took.
Jason— I grew up in Anderson and went to Anderson High School. I wanted to become a fish biologist my whole life, so after high school, I got two AAs from Shasta College, one in Natural Resources and one in General Education. I planned to attend Humboldt State University, but I got hired at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, where I worked for 27 years and loved it!
I had some good instructors at Shasta College who taught me some valuable trade skills. Now, I’m with the Bureau of Reclamation, and we have a million different trades.
So, if school’s not your thing, don’t be afraid to chase the dream of trades. I chased my dream, and achieved
it with my AA degrees from Shasta College.