Lori Cortright

From age 7 through age 10, my family and I lived in Tripoli, Africa, where my father ran a ham radio station for the United States Air Force.  I rode donkeys and camels daily and my best friends were Arab & Italian children my age and my brothers and sisters.  After twenty one years in the military, our family retired to upstate New York, where we owned Cadyville Community Store which consisted of a grocery store, meat market, gas station and gift shop, all in one.  My heart has always been in New York City, and Brooklyn (Park Slope), where I spent my vacations, with my father's family.  I'm only the second generation born in America.  My grandmother and grandfather entered through Ellis Island, from the Ukraine, in 1900. I graduated from high school in upstate New York and immediately moved to Los Angeles, CA., where I  worked for Sammy Davis Jr, at the Ambassador Hotel, home of the Coconut Grove. and worked for the federal government.  During that time, I vacationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, met my husband and ended up staying there for three years.  My husband, who was a nightclub entertainer, by night, and in the U.S. Navy, by day, and I moved to his home town, Phoenix, AZ., where I have lived every since. I have two gorgeous adult chldren and five amazing grandchildren.  I graduated with a BA from UA and a MPA from Western International University.  I worked for the federal government a total of seventeen years, including time at the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. during the Manson trails, and later, eight years as an Air Traffic Controller at Phoenix-Litchfield & Tucson Tower. While still at Tucson Tower, I acquired my real estate license and then later, my broker's license and have never looked back.  I have been a multi-million dollar producer for over thirty years straight.  Although I find this market extremely challenging with it's up's & down's, I can't see myself doing anything but selling real estate.  I absolutely love it.