Laurie Hopkins - Treasurer

I was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1951. I am the middle of 5 children. My Dad was born and raised in Mexico of American parents and my Mom was born in Ohio of German immigrants. I attended Marymount High School which was an all girls Catholic boarding school in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Next I attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. My majors were Spanish and Child Development. In college I had many small jobs such as switchboard operator, “toast girl” and dishwasher at breakfasts, delivered the mail and was also the house parent for the girls Christian House my Senior year. I spent half my Junior year living in Segovia, Spain. It was my Sophomore year at Ohio Wesleyan that I became a born again Christian.

After graduation I moved to Washington DC and got a job at the International branch of the National Bank of Washington using my Spanish. After that I became a picture framer for three years. I also taught Spanish to pre-school children. During that time I was very involved as a Young Life leader continuing the leadership role I had started in Ohio.

Next I got a job in the business office at the Psychiatric Institute. It was at a colleague’s Jewish wedding that Ken and I met. I held that job till our oldest son Peter was born and I became a housewife. About 7 years later I got a job as the Assistant Director of the Tall Oaks Early Learning Center. I left that job when Mount Oak offered me the job of Treasurer in 1993.

Ken and I have attended Mount Oak since 1983