Member Talks

  On Friday we will hear from two of our dynamic members. Mary Chigos will give us her new member talk, and Sookja Han will inspire us with the retelling of her epic pilgrimage hike across the Pyrenees Mountains to Santiago de Compostella.

  Mary will no doubt expand on these thumbnail particulars: Born and raised in Kansas City, MO.  She attended Loretto Heights College in Denver, graduated with BS in Nursing. She worked in Public Health in San Diego before moving to Los Angeles and joining a pilot project at Harbor General, now UCLA Medical Center, training “Women’s Health Care” providers. She was a Clinical Educator for two years, and worked in a private practice as a OB-GYN nurse practitioner. Mary has a Master’s Degree in Gerontology and has worked with a number of facilities in elder care. She has been working with Mission Hospice and Health Care since 2011. She also found time to be on the Hillsborough School Board, Hillsborough Schools Foundation, and Community Gatepath. Mary also enjoys golf, travel, and skiing.

  Sookja will be recounting the triumphs and tribulations she encountered as a pilgrim hiking 500 miles to Santiago de Compostella in Northwestern Spain.  These trips have been made by thousands over the centuries. Few have had a twitter handle like vcqueen.  Few were about to give up their previous VC existence and enter the Fuller Theological Seminary.  She has described herself as a Christian, mother of two wonderful daughters, sister, Gemini, Korean-American, classical music and opera lover, hiker, critical thinker, and listener. As for adjectives to describe her character, God-fearing, honest, genuine, perseverant, patient, caring, assertive, passionate, compassionate, fearless, indefatigable, indomitable, strong-willed, and optimistic. As she has written, “While making myself a pilgrim on foot on the Road to Santiago, I will wrestle with God to clearly see his vision for me.”