<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Barbara </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">is</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">rail traffic controller </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">at Metrolink</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> and</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">previously </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">worked </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">freight </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">railroad</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">BNSF dispatching trains</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">After studying liberal arts </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">at Antelope Valley College, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Barbara</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">eventually</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> pivoted into dispatching.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">While she is originally from</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Pomona</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> CA</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">she</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> grew up in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">a military family and lived in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">different cities all over So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">uthern </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Cal</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">ifornia</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Arizona, and even </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">across international waters in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> Okinawa</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> Japan.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">Outside of work</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> she </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">considers herself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> somewhat of a foodie who </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">likes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> exploring new </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">restaurants</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">and</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">enjoys</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8"> going to the gym</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160713019 BCX8">.</span></p>