I am a retired Marine who retired from service in July 1999. I attended GIA at the Carlsbad campus from Sep 1999 to Jun 2000 and am now a GJG with wax and design skills. After graduation I worked for Tiffany's in Seattle for a few months. I left when the needs of caring for my mother took precedence over work. A while later I worked as an inspector for Costco. I left to work outside the jewelry trade for a while and moved to Korea. I returned to the US in Mar 2008 and am now living in the Las Vegas area. Currently I am doing jewelry work at home. To bring some polish back to my skills I am working on making a portfolio of chains. What the future will bring... waiting for that is the adventure isn't it?; -