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After 20 years in a family-owned ceramics business, Carla Hendrix decided to further her education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She worked toward a history degree and took additional pre-law studies at Yale. Then she took a web-design class for fun. That move proved fateful. Her first website, undertaken as a class project, became the UAA journalism department's web presence for several years. Her newfound passion refocused her study on graphic arts, digital media, programming and other computer-related courses. After graduating with honors, she chose web design over law, and Alaska Web Designs emerged.
Over 12 years, Carla's underplanned startup grew into a thriving enterprise in which a work week extends well beyond 40 hours. She has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army, the State of Alaska, Black Elk Leather and Alaska Auction....