1951
Born to Albert Charles Strong and Juliana (Ray) Strong in Pasadena, CA.
1951
Moves to Ethiopia at six-months old (parents serve as missionaries).
1969
Moves to the US for college, leaving her family and home country.
1973
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and journalism from Whitworth University.
1973
Becomes a technical writer at Tektronix, publishes engineering newsletters.
1975
Is the manager of technical publications and training group.
1975
Serves on her aunt’s (Dixy Lee Ray) campaign for governor of Washington.
1979
Serves as president of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Society for Technical Communications through 1982.
1984
Serves as chairman and secretary of the board of the First Tech Federal Credit Union through 2015.
1989
Is the manager of Laboratory Instruments and then Oscilloscope Group Documentation.
1991
Is the manager of Test and Measurement Customer Documentation through 1995.
1992
Earns a Master of Science in applied information management from the University of Oregon.
1994
Teaches as an adjunct professor in the applied information master’s program through 2008.
1995
Serves as the director of Worldwide Customer Communications through 1999.
1996
Is named a Print on Demand Innovator and Keynote Speaker.
1999
Serves as the corporate Internet Strategist for Tektronix.
2000
Is the owner and consultant at Strong Strategic Consulting through 2010.
2005
Works as an autism integration and program assistant within Beaverton School District through 2015.
2015
Is named an emeritus board member of the First Tech Federal Credit Union.
2015
Serves as a bereavement hospice volunteer at Serenity Hospice.