Silver Linings

Glo Ochoa and her parents moved a lot when she was young as her father was in the military. Because of the brief time living in different locations, Glo found it a challenge to build lasting friendships so she read a great deal and started her life-long quest of learning about a variety of topics. In high school, Glo was interested in becoming an artist and writer, but a teacher discouraged her from following that path. So after high school, Glo worked in accounts payable and accounts receivable and thought she wanted to become an accountant. On her 35th birthday, Glo had an epiphany and decided she would go to college since she couldn’t move further up the corporate ladder without a degree. As she put it, “I was training everyone else to move up the ladder!” Glo earned two degrees: Business Management and Information Technology which opened a lot of doors for her. She quickly progressed from tech support to software configuration to IT management. In addition, she was a tech writer and trainer. Paradoxically