Éva M Lazear (Sziklás) was born in Australia of Hungarian immigrants. She moved with her brothers and sisters to America with their mother to join her father’s family in California. After serving 2 years in the United States Marine Corps, she went to college–the first in her immediate family to do so. After earning a Master’s in Education, she became a high school English teacher for 35 years. Currently she is retired and works diligently with several service organizations. She is also President of both Kiwanis of Springfield and the Magyar Club of Dayton and SW Ohio. She lives in Springfield, Ohio and has raised 7 children with 12 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.