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Patricia Saint Aubin started swimming in a YMCA swim program at age 6 with Coach Trixie Whalen, an Olympic swimmer from Great Britain. She quickly moved in one season from beginners to advanced competitive. She competed in local and regional meets and on through high school.
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Joe Fang buys and sells computer networking equipment. His is also currently working on his house in Flagstaff, Ariz. He lives in Minneapolis, Minn., but is looking forward to retiring in Flagstaff....
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"Life’s busy and rewarding—I'm largely doing exactly what I told a medical school interviewer I would be doing 25 years later," says Mark Alexander. He is a pediatric cardiologist at Boston...
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Christy Sporidis lives in Potomac, Md., and is a stay-at-home mom of three. She coaches her daughter’s track and field team and helps out at the Curl-Burke Swim Club working with the younger...
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Brian Blalock currently serves on the staff for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The Blalock family is a somewhat atypical military family because Blalock has been assigned in or around eastern North Carolina for more than fifteen years.
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In her words, Sara Jelley has a "pretty good mix of really fun jobs." She is a personal trainer and yoga instructor, does internet marketing for a vegan chef and works at a Whole Foods Market to...
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Henry Chan, 32, is an electrical engineer working as a design consultant. He lives in San Mateo, Calif. where he grew up. "It is a wonderful experience to live where you grew up and to be a part of a...
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