Vicki Westphal’s Life
For my biography I chose to do my grandmother. Her name is Vicki Westphal. My grandma is a very significant person in my existence. She has done many appreciable things in my life, her life, and the lives of everyone around her. My grandma is a very successful and fascinating individual, but the main reason I chose her was because of her riveting childhood. When I was trying to figure out my subject for the project there was many family members in my mind, but I chose my grandma because when she was little she lived in a native Alaskan village. This topic about her interested majorly because a native Alaskan village is completely unfamiliar than the lives of normal human beings that lived during the 1950’s. This is what made me so curious about my inspiring grandma.
Vicki Westphal, my grandma, was born on April 14, 1958, in Defiance, Ohio. Currently, my grandma is 58 years old. Her mom’s name is Arvilla, and her dad’s name is Richard. My grandma was born into a family where she is a child of seven, and her brothers names are Edward, Richard, and Greg. Her sister’s names are Jo Ellen, Carol, and Pamela. Jo Ellen and Greg were both adopted Indian infants, but are still considered family by Vicki and the rest of her …show more content…
The first skills she came across was how to hunt, fish, and discovered certain survival skills. Vicki had almost no available resources which taught her a lot about using what she had and making use of any available resources. My grandma also had experiences we do not have today as children because many children in the 21st century do not know how they could survive without electronics. As for my grandma, when she was bored she either entertained herself outside, explored, or made forts. These were the many interesting and exhilarating parts of living in a remote