Episode 13- Teri Loretto- Valentik

Teri comes from a long line of aviation folks: without exception, her entire immediate family were, or still are, involved in the industry. It seemed natural, then, that she worked her way through her degrees in the arts by working as a dispatcher, safety officer, and manager of a flight training unit. Strangely, her two worlds collide often: her aviation weather training, combined with her film and TV work, landed her the job as backup weather person for her local CBC news station. Some of her favourite theatre experiences were working on shows like Billy Bishop Goes to War and Voices from the Front. 

Now the coordinator for the Scriptwriting Program at Algonquin College, she still uses her aviation background when working on scripts involving planes and aviation. The skills she learned while working in aviation have served well in her transition to 'normal' jobs: amazing how easy it can be no one is going to crash if you make a mistake! Sometimes while sitting at her desk, she gazes longingly at the big blue sky outside her window.