Iona Smith Workforce Connection Eligibility

First Job: Montgomery Ward in Oakland

Birthplace: Weed, CA (lower slopes of Mt. Shasta)

Years at EOC: 14

Best advice ever received: “Trust God in all things.”

Favorite advice I give: “Trust God.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Outback

Proudest moment: birth of each of my children

Greatest personal accomplishment: raising great kids

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: I really don’t have a dream vacation. I’m a homebody … happy in my own back yard.

Favorite weekend activity: gardening and spending time with my grandchildren

Last good movie I saw: I rarely watch movies.

Scariest experience: learning my daughter had a brain tumor

If I had a million dollars I would … give to my church and help my children.

Favorite place to shop: Gottschalks

Favorite childhood memory: ice skating on Abrams Lake

Words that describe me best: honest, friendly

I like to watch: Jeopardy

In my spare time … I read or enjoy family.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … to treat everyone with kindness – really care about others – it is worth the effort.