Darlene Thompson

Background

Thompson, Darlene was born on May 5, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Henry Clay and Sarah Ann Thompson.

Education

Certified licensed vocational nurse, South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, 1986; Associate of Arts, Compton (California) Community College, 1988.

Career

Laboratory assistant, St. Luke Hospital, Phoenix, 1981-1985; staff licensed vocational nurse, Phoenix Memorial, 1985-1987; post-partum licensed vocational nurse, St. Francis Hospital, Lynwood, California, 1987-1989; rehabilitation licensed vocational nurse, Kaiser Permanente, Inglewood, California, 1989-1993; charge nurse, licensed vocational nurse, Glen Terrace Hospital, Norwalk, California, 1991-1992; cardiac licensed vocational nurse, Daniel Freeman Hospital, Inglewood, 1993-1995; home care licensed vocational nurse, Oxford Health Care, Long Beach, California, since 1993.

Achievements

• Darlene Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Vocational nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer counselor Young Women’s Christian Association Greater Los Angeles, Compton, since 1992. Member African American Genelogy, Los Angeles, 1996. Member International Poets Society (certified 1995), Enlightened Circle (certified 1995), Compton College Journalism Club (secretary 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: writing, sewing, camping, cooking.

Connections

1 child, La Tonya Reneé Johnson. Married Carl Albert Finley, November 24, 1979 (divorced December 1984).

Father:

Henry Clay Thompson

Mother:

Sarah Ann Thompson

Spouse:

Carl Albert Finley

child:

La Tonya Reneé Johnson Thompson