ist magazine October 2022

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QUESTIONS WITH...

Tracy Tabar ONLINE SALES & MARKETING DESIGNER SUNTAN SUPPLY ➊ How did you come to work in the tanning industry?

In January of 2015, I applied for a receptionist position at Suntan Supply recommended to me by a friend. My background in photog raphy and college experience in marketing allowed me to eventually grow into my

current position managing and devel oping e-commerce and social media platforms.

➋ What do you enjoy most about your job?

I absolutely love the creative aspects, designing all of the advertisements for our social media platforms, email ers and monthly ads for IST Magazine. I’m also able to use my photography skills on a regular basis as I photograph and produce all of the content for market ing our inventory of pre-owned equipment. ➌ What’s your go-to midnight snack? If I could stay up that late (never happens) I would choose anything sweet or cheesy; I have a weakness for anything caramel. ➍ What is your most prized possession and why?

➏ How would your friends describe you? I think they would say I’m too nice. I am the type of person who will help everyone that I can, even if my day is filled with things going on. ➐ What’s one thing that can instantly make your day better?

My camera collection. When I was a kid, my mom gave me a small point-and-shoot film camera and I was addicted. As I got older, I stopped shooting for a while and got back into it about 15 years ago. In 2018, I decided to go back to school for my degree in photography and design and graduated this past May. My dog – an all-white American bulldog/pitbull mix named Blanco. He is so energetic at all hours and loves to play. In the summer, he loves to run all day and my husband and I chase him with a squirt gun. In the winters, once we have a big enough snowfall, we make a maze in the backyard so that he can run and play. His favorite thing in the winter is “snow cookies” – it’s pretty much a snowball, but he thinks it’s a treat.

➎ What makes you laugh the most?

I have been showing and competing with horses for 30 years. Anytime I am in a bad mood I just go out to the barn and hang out with my horse of 19 years, Abby. She makes all the issues of the day disappear. ■

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