Stella Louise Cruise
Employment and Training
Career Counselor

First Job: First Job: Gift-wrapping at Rodder’s Mademoiselle

Birthplace: Fresno, Ca

Years at FCEOC: 14 ½ years

Best advice ever received: To try to always be God-centered and not self-centered

Favorite advice I give: To kill people with kindness and to always try and be a blessing to someone else

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Flemmings, Tahoe Joe’s, and Asian food

Proudest moment: Birth of my three daughters – Abena, Atiya, Ahjah – and my grandson, Asonii.

Greatest personal accomplishment: graduating from college

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Alaskan Cruise

Favorite weekend activity: Dining with my husband and friends

Last good movie I saw: The Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Scariest experience: Recently being involved in a serious car accident on the freeway

If I had a million dollars I would… quit working and ask to volunteer in developing more good programs for our community with EOC

Favorite place to shop: Home Depot, Macy’s and Nordstrom’s in Sacramento.

Favorite childhood memory: Spending summers with my cousins in the California Courts, better knows as the Courchess

Words that describe me best: Friendly, caring, and a very giving person

I like to watch: Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, and all of the home and cooking shows

In my spare time… Spare time, what is that?

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… That life is short and you need to make the best of it by loving, giving, and sharing. Everyday is special and a gift from God!