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Catherine Schmitt Franko

Well, I left high school and went to Hamline University with the vague thought of being a doctor--but after volunteering in a free clinic for a semester I changed my mind on that career. Not having another career in mind, I quit college (and yes, gave up a free ride to school--smart does not sub for common sense) and worked for four yrs at GRTC at Willmar State Hosp.

After having an arm broken, stiches several times, and assorted bruises, I decided a career with the violent adult population was not for me. I finished a bachelor's in science at SCSU with an emphasis in cellular physiology. Not having a clue what kind of job that would get me I went to grad school at Univ of Neb, Lincoln, and got a degree in Plant Pathology.

I then worked for the univ on a USDA grant on restructuring soybean genome until Reagen cut most primary research. I then switched to medical research, got a job in St. Louis doing molecular biology in Alzheimer's Research. I of course chose St. Louis because I followed my then boyfriend to here. Most people can see that means we broke up shortly thereafter.

I met my current husband in St. Louis (Mark--originally from Cleveland OH), we had a son (Jacob 1992), bought a house, had a daughter (Hannah 1994) and then finally got married.
I then went back to school and got another bachelor's in nursing, and now work at St. Mary's Hospital as a staff nurse (and anything else they ask me to do). I work on the post-surgical floor--abdominal, vascular, obgyn, plastics and wounds.

As for current music-last few CDs include Rhianna, Lady Gaga, Papa Roach, Nickleback (courtesy of having teens in the house).
My son has me playing world of warcraft-sad really that I am considered cool by the 14–18-year-old kids because I play WoW.

Unsure at this time if I'll be back in MN this summer or not--we do usually go home once a year.

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