Vicki Peal
ESE Specialist for the Hospital/Homebound Program
at the Seagull School

Work location
Seagull School

Broward County Public Schools employee since:
1975

Other positions I've held here:
Program Monitor - Public Law #94-142 Grant
development; Primary/Elementary Instructor

What I like most about the job:
No two days are ever the same

What I like most about the job:
The variety of tasks involved with my position and the opportunity to deal with many District employees, both at schools and in departments

I'm currently reading:
The Christmas Train, by David Baldacci

My credo:
Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking

If I won the lottery, I would:
Probably give most of it away

Favorite cause:
Food safety awareness and seafood safety, in particular (This cause is very near and dear to Vicki’s heart, because her father died from eating raw oysters on what would have been his 82nd birthday in September of 1994. Vicki won her fight to protect consumers when a law was enacted requiring consumer warning labels on the menus of establishments serving raw shellfish.)

Favorite TV shows: Oprah, Good Morning America and Dateline (Vicki appeared on all three shows helping to spread the word about the dangers of eating raw shellfish.)

Recent trip: Winter Park, Florida in March to see my daughter get sworn in with the Winter Park Police Department

Something you probably didn’t know about me: I am your Florida Food Safety Task Force Consumer Representative Appointee; if you ever have any questions or food-related concerns, call me! I can take those concerns or queries directly to government officials at the state level

Most rewarding accomplishment: A wonderful 30-year marriage to my best friend in the whole world

If I could pick someone out of history to have lunch with, I would choose: Any one of the framers of the Constitution

Vanilla or chocolate: Chocolate

Favorite movie: Steel Magnolias

Best advice I ever received: Ignore 99% of the jetsam and flotsam that’s going on around you and focus on the 1% that will truly make a difference for the better in someone’s life

Nominated for this profile by:
Merrie Meyers-Kershaw, Director of Community Involvement