◗1990s University and an M.B.A from DeSales University of Pennsylvania. Thomas Gonzales `91 (Commerce City, CO) is completing his 18th year of teaching American government/economics at Thornton High School, where he was also recently hired as assistant baseball coach. Obed Jiron `91 (Aurora, CO) started a new job in March with Correctional Management, Inc. He is part of the treatment team for the intensive residential treatment program. He provides services for men on parole in hopes of reducing recidivism. Kathy Anderson `92 (Lamar, CO) really enjoyed the alumni cruise to New England and Prince Edward Island! She is loving retirement. She has done some substitute teaching this year and really enjoyed that. She and husband, Ken, have 2 new grandchildren and #10 on the way. Life is good! Paul Bonner `94 (Colorado Springs, CO) is in his 18th year of teaching and now teaches art and coaches wrestling at Manitou Springs HS.
Shawna Walker Martinelli `96 (Colorado Springs, CO) teaches at Rampart High School. In 2013 she married Steve Martinelli, who is originally from New York and works in finance.
Gail Pechuli `96 (Clifton, VA) recently celebrated 15 years of service in the federal government. Gail has represented the United States in official capacity, both domestic and abroad. She credits her studies and the professional guidance from Adams State that built a strong foundation to propel her career forward. Armando Reyes `98 (Lakewood, CO) is a family nurse practitioner at Doctors Care in Littleton, Colo.
Joe Martinez ‘99 (Alamosa, CO) was the graduation speaker at his high school alma mater in Sanford, CO. He told the students about the importance of academics and athletics in a student's life. He encouraged them to take their education seriously and dream big. He testified that through hard work, dedication, and perseverance, a person can accomplish great feats.
Dianne Hanisch `02 (Walsenburg, CO), did not take it kindly when Huerfano RE-1 eliminated art and music for K-5 students. Two years ago she established the Peakview Arts Program, volunteering to teach over 200 students once a week. Private donations allowed the students to see performances by the Creede Repertory Theatre, Falcon High Per-
“It was a wonderful, beautiful collaboration,” said Malouff, who is bilingual. The group, which also included ASU Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Javier Gonzalez and teachers from Kansas and Florida, toured Mexican schools and met with teachers and students. “I’ve had this on my list for a long time. The experience was definitely worthwhile.”
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Eric Blake `03 (West Hartford, CT) is the head men’s & women’s track/cross country coach at Central Connecticut State University. Jennifer Garcia-Rosendo `03 (Denver, CO) married Simon last year. She is a curriculum designer for FasTracKids, Int’l., and an early childhood consultant for multiple preschools and nonprofits around the Denver metro area. She also sits on several boards for local non-profits. Virginia “Ginny” Jones `03 (Aztec, NM) retired from public school education in 2011 and is now a professor at San Juan College in Farmington, NM, teaching sociology and English. When she attended ASU, she had 1 grandchild, who is 13. . . and now she has 10 grands!
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Laura Malouff ’93, ’01 (Alamosa, CO) traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico, during spring break as part of the Colorado Binational Teacher Exchange. A 21-year Alamosa Elementary School teacher, she was selected by the Colorado Department of Education to participate in the program, which creates collaboration between teachers and administrators from both countries on methods that best serve migrant students. Spending part of the year in the U.S. and part in Mexico can lead to gaps in a migrant child’s education.
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forming Band, and Celtic duo Wilson & McKee. This year an after-school program benefitted students, thanks to a $2,000 grant from Target. Art kids enjoyed a field trip to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Museum, following a great exhibit of student art honoring the Week of Ludlow.
Garrentt Baca `04 (Edgewood, NM) and his wife, Vicky, moved to New Mexico in 2008, and are contract specialists for the Air Force. They have 2 sons, 6 & 3. Dr. Ope Daramola '04 completed his residency training and Fellowship in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He recently moved to Princeton, NJ, to start his practice – a hybrid of academic medicine and private practice. Kim Lorimer `05 (Corona, CA) has been working at Swift Tech Solutions, an Information Technology Company, since October 2012.
Kindra Hardy-Johnson `07 (Hartsel, CO) has been teaching special education for 9 years in Pueblo, Leadville, and now Buena Vista. She and her husband, Brad Johnson, have been married for 10 years. She writes, “I loved my cohort group from ASU!”