Birth:  Los Angeles, California

Home:  Crestline (San Bernardino Mountains), California

Family:  1 deaf sister, Linda Murashige; 1 hearing sister, Donna Tucker; 2 deaf brothers, David Tucker & Ken Tucker; and parents, Fred & Brigitte Tucker

Education:   Sally Tucker attended the California school for the deaf, (CSDR) in Riverside, CA.   She graduated from Gallaudet University in 1979 with Bachelor Science degree in the Business Admin & Computer. 

Career:  Now she is working as a Senior Programmer Analyst for the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles since 1979.

Certificates:  United States Hang Gliding Association Basic Instructor

Recreation: She enjoys lot of sports such as hang gliding, paragliding, ultralight (motor with hang glider), powered watercraft, hiking, camping, travelling, weighlifting, backpacking, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, bicycling, etc...

Experiences: In 1976, Sally and her friend, Heidi Zimmer travelled across the United States on their bicycles. Camping equipment, clothings, food, and map were taken along on the trip. They started from Washington, D.C. They rode their bikes thru Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinious, Iowa, South Dakota, and Wyoming.  They met some wonderful people on the bike trip who invited them to stay overnight in their home with a nice big meal and beds. They decided to discontinue the bike trip due to Sally's pneumonia.   She got very sick in Wyoming.  A nice man met us at the gas station where he worked.  He offered us to stay at his place where Sally was resting.    He even took her to see a doctor.   Then she decided to take bus ride back to home in Los Angeles, California.  Heidi rode her bike by herself for a day and gave up and took plane back to L.A.

Skiing: In 1980, She got involved in snow skiing racing for few years, raced with her sister, Linda and her husband, Ken Murashige.  They went to Mammoth often for the slalom, giant slalom and downhill racing.  She won few awards for the races.   She went to the tryout for the deaf Olympic at Squaw Valley at Lake Tahoe for a week in 1985.  She competed in many several races against other deaf racers from all over the United States.   She went on one of the races called downhill racing.   She had been practing alot on this downhill race which required helmet and thick pad clothings.  During the final downhill races, someone was skiing across the path and she was unable to stop and hit.  She rolled about 1000' down the hill and both skis were broken.   She was taken to the hospital with bruised knee. Few months later, she went under knee surgery. After the surgery, she went back to racing but it wasn't like as she was before.  Fear overcame her. She gave up racing and continued skiing.

Hobby:  Computer graphic, video camera, photography, craft, gardening, (bat rehabilation www.southcaliforniabats.com)

Her loves:  Her family, Geo Massar (her boyfriend), Coonie the cockapoo dog and friends.

Goals:   Hope to teach more deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing people in hang gliding, paragliding and ultralight; build more bat houses; work in the beautiful garden; planning powered watercraft trips for the deaf people; flying her trike across the US; planning her retirement about 5 years