When I took a typing class at 14, little did I know I was building a foundation that would help me keep up with technological changes over the next several decades.

After college, I spent years working as a secretary, office manager, and eventually, executive assistant. My typing skills helped, but I was also forced to grow along with technology — from manual typewriters to electric typewriters to computers.

The various jobs that I held were never very fulfilling or challenging, but being a single mother with three children left me little time to make a career move. That changed when my youngest became a teenager.

The World Wide Web was born

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