Spotlight on Sooner Rotarian Barbara Schindler
Barbara enjoys sailing, pilates, playing bridge and going to the gym. She also likes to volunteer, read and write. One book she recently found interesting is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. She also enjoyed Island Beneath the Sea by Isabella Allende. She enjoys watching the Amazing Race on television. She recently enjoyed the action-packed movie “Planet of the Apes”.
The farthest place Barbara has visited from her home is Japan. She has also visited Norway, Costa Rica, Argentina, Western Europe, Mexico, Canada, Belize, Guatemala, and Columbia. Other exotic places include New York and Boston! She states that if she could live elsewhere, it would be a place that is cool in the summer! She would love to travel to Turkey, Morroco and Peru.
Barbara belongs to the Theatre Guild Board and is a docent at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. She is a Deacon at the Presbyterian Church. She is also on the Public Arts Board and belongs to a Spanish group.
Someone Barbara truly admires is Hilary Clinton because she is smart, articulate, and vocalizes Barbara’s beliefs.
In high school, Barbara participated in Student Council and Thespians. Some of the things she is working on this year is Spanish, sailing and her bridge skills.
If Barbara could have a wish, she would wish for education for women around the world. She knows that this would directly cause world peace to be achieved.
Barbara believes her participation in Rotary will directly make a difference in someone’s life. I know it does in ours!