As the saying goes, ‘Time flies when you're having fun!' This month marks 20 years since I graduated high school. I thought it would be entertaining to share 20 fun facts about who I was back then. It was an insightful exercise to reflect on the decisions I made that now serve as a foundation for my path in life, both personally and professionally.
1. Raised in Millbury, MA, a name derived from its long history as a mill town (What's a Woolie?)
2. I attended K-12 with the same group of students, some who remain my closest friends today
3. Many of my teachers also taught my father (for better or worse!). My grandparents and extended family were also born and raised there, a lot of which still live there today near Wilczynski Square, a war memorial dedicated to my great-great uncle
4. I'm the oldest of four children and first in the family to graduate college
5. Voted Most Likely to Succeed by classmates
6. Was the sole Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Captain my Junior & Senior year
7. Competed in the Pentathlon (high hurdles, high jump & shot put were my strength)
8. Held the school's shot put record
9. Received several Student-Athlete Awards and scholarships
10. Won a national Co-ed All-Star Cheerleading competition in Florida (Go Bay State!) as a tumbler & base
11. Was a member of the Ski Club where I learned to snowboard (and later switched to skiing)
12. Contributor to the Yearbook and School Newspaper committees
13. Proudly worked as a Sandwich Artist at Subway
14. Nicknamed "Mother Hen", "K-Wil", "K-Dubs" and "Dubs"
15. Voted Prom Queen
16. My first car was a teal 1993 Mercury Sable which I proudly drove
17. Participated in Town Government Day and was the Town Treasurer for a day
18. President of the school's Business Club and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) school chapter
19. Took college credit Accounting courses and thought I would become an Accountant
20. Interned with a friend's father, a financial advisor, my senior year which jumpstarted my career path (Thank you, Mr. D!)
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