Got a formal education in the USA and in Canada at the U of S. Then did odd jobs like telemarketing, house reno's and general labour. Was a Special Tutor at Buffalo River School in Dillon SK from 1993 thru 1995. That was great.
Entered the Saskatchewan 'long distance' communications wars in the late 90's and operated an agency that offered business services for AT&T and then Sprint.
After university I had always wanted to offer counsel, and in 2002 formalized that effort by creating the company M W PATOLA COUNSEL. Slowly it moves forward.
Since late 2003 have worked at Wolfe Home Furnishings in Saskatoon to help pay the bills. In 2005 I started working in our real estate division. We ended the furniture business in 2010 and now I work on our real estate holdings.
Catching up with dear friends Gord McIntyre and Dwayne Mayes last summer, while visiting our son and daughter-in-law who were living in Vancouver at the time. Gord started out as their cat sitter and became a very close friend. a win win!