Coffee at the Cottage #92: Conversation with a Friend

Eau Claire Hometown Media · May 8, 2026 · 31m

Friend of Emilie and someone who has been active in thecommunity, Sylvia Gengenbach comes back on the program. Grab your own cup of coffee and enjoy this conversation between two friends. She talks about her upbringing in Hayward and her father’s eccentric past. How sheended up going to UW-Eau Claire as a history/English major over other options and why her activism in college may have drawn some unwanted attention. The difficulty she then had getting teaching jobs initially before landing in Phillips, WI, before pivoting into the real estate industry. However, her teaching career was far…