
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