Carolyn Gargaro's Personal Stuff - A Look at the Woman Behind the Web Site

Basic stuff

Age - 36
Height - 5'4"
Married in November, 2005 :)
Full-time job: Self-employed - owner of CCG Enterprises and Looneystore.com.
Part-time job: Contract based Web Developer for Professional Web Concepts.
Those who have been visiting my web site for a while may remember that I worked at InterStat, Inc. for many years. Maybe one day I'll write up explanation of how InterStat disappeared, as well as the relationship between Professional Web Concepts (which hosts this web site) and IValue Internet, Inc. (which is run by people from the old InterStat). Professional Web Concepts is also owned by people from the old InterStat!

Useless facts

I play... well, I used to play... the flute and piccolo. ('and this one time, at band camp....') I used to sing in choirs (Soprano I), though I am also a metal music fan.
I own a 1990 Buick Reatta. (Reattas totally rule) My mom owns one too. Really. Hers is blue and is in perfect condition.
I'm a lifetime member of Weight Watchers, after losing about 35 lbs. (Atkins sucks - WW is the way to go)
The middle initial "C" in my name stands for Cecilia. I wasn't given a middle name at birth so I use my confirmation name as my middle name. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music.

My Other Web Site:
LOONEYSTORE.COM - my own e-commerce site, where I sell a wide variety of Looney Tunes items (especially Marvin!). This site is currently taking up a ton of my time because of the holidays! I'm being bombarded with orders, which is good, but it's a lot of work, since I run it by myself, including packing orders, etc. I didn't build the whole shopping cart system, but I designed the front-end, and have made quite a few additions and changes to the back-end (it uses Cold Fusion) On-Line Campaigns I started a looong time ago, when I used to be politically active on the Internet:

Remember Diana, Princess of Wales Ribbon Campaign - Created the day after Diana's death, this site reached over 100,000 hits in only a few months.
Remember Mother Teresa Ribbon Campaign - Created the day of Mother Teresa's death. This is just a small way for me to express my admiration for one of the world's greatest humanitarians.
Support Paula Jones Ribbon Campaign - This used to be one of the most controversial areas of my site.

Old, boring, education info.
I obtained an MS in Management Information Systems in December, 1997 at Nova Southeastern University. I began the degree in September '95, and it was great program - I did the entire program on-line! I am sure you all can appreciate this, since if you are reading this, you are on-line yourself! Unfortunately, I can no longer access my old classwork and projects on Nova's web site (I guess they don't archive things for over 10 years! Ha ha).
I also received an MA in Public Relations in December of 1993 from Rowan University (formerly Glassboro State) in December, 1993. Rowan is a great college for Communications majors, and those of you who like to party

And BEFORE all that, I received a BA in Economics (as one can see, my career path has somewhat changed) from St. Mary's College of Maryland in May 1992. St. Mary's isn't a Catholic School; It's actually a small, liberal arts, public honors college in Southern Maryland with only about 1500 students! It's located in St. Mary's City - thus the name. The school has one of the best campuses I have ever seen - it's absolutely beautiful! In addition, the small size allows the professors to actually know their students, which is very helpful.

And last but not least - my high school, Cherry Hill East. (Class of '89) My husband graduated with me the same year :-)