
- Function: Owner,
Website Graphic Designer, Internet Consultant, Copywriter for Clobeca, Researcher
- Experiences: 5
years in website graphic design, layout, production, search engine promotion,
and Internet consulting. For a long time she aspired to work independently
where she could use her creative energies. Because
of the years working in information technology,
she found designing web sites a perfect profession for her. She's
fascinated with the power of the Internet, and she is passionate with applying
her creative eye to produce solutions to challenges that businesses and individuals
face. Opening
up a business in web design and development has been a goal she wanted
to accomplish. Collaborating with her husband and partner has made
it a reality, because they share similar vision. It's
a business venture where they put their heart and soul together. She
is also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force with previous experience in aerospace
management analysis and currently a reservist specializing in Human Resources
at the New Hampshire Air National Guard.
- Education: Bachelor
of Science Degree in Information Technology, Capella University, Minnesota,
Associates in Science Degree: Aerospace Maintenance Production Management,
Community College of the U.S. Air Force, Associates in Arts Degree: Liberal
Arts, Monterey Peninsula College, CA, Seaside High School, CA, Immaculate
Heart of Mary Academy, Cebu, Philippines
- Specialty: Web
Site Design, Search Engine Promotion, and Flash Multimedia Development
- Software: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Golive, Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Flash, CSS, XHTML, PHP, Visual Basic.Net, and more.
- Other
Skills: A good listener. Very Patient. Self-starter. Attentive
to detail. Advises clients on Internet copywriting.
- Memberships: International Webmasters Association, HTML Writers Guild, Women's Business Center in Portsmouth, NH, Digital Women, and Manchester's Who's Who
- Hobbies
and other interests: Ballroom
dancing, Latin Dancing, Flamenco dancing, Argentine Tango, Filipino Folk
Dances, playing the piano (standards, classical, pop), music, movies,
cooking, hiking, photography (personal web site: www.catherinealcivar.com),
antiquity, fine art. Participates
with the Filipino-American Friendship Society of New Hampshire. Volunteers
her time to provide web design services to the National
Guard Association of New Hampshire.
- Origin: Roamed
half of the world from the tropical Pacific Ocean to the cold Atlantic
Ocean. Immigrated
to Monterey, CA, USA from Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines with her family
in the late 1970's. She relocated to New
Hampshire in 1997 and has stayed in the area ever since. She
frequently visits California to see her extended family.