Conrad Sanchez: Theatre major Conrad Sanchez-Sikes (Attended) had big dreams of making it in Hollywood while learning the craft at ENMU. Little did this young man from Albuquerque know, his future career would take him not only to California, but to Chicago, New York, Paris and Milan as well. After leaving ENMU, Conrad moved to the City of Angels to try acting. A fellow Los Angeles actor gave him advice that would forever change Conrad’s career path. The friend said, “Say ‘yes’ to anything!” So Conrad did. He landed a job as a makeup artist for Lorimar Television’s series “Sisters.” His background in stage makeup gave him the ability to decipher the makeup for the TV show’s “extras.” From that first gig, he was hired to do makeup for more episodes, then was asked to do makeup for the actors’ personal head shots, then other photographers hired him for photo shoots. “I never felt pulled away from my acting dream,” recalls Conrad. “Instead, I was introduced to the world of makeup.” Conrad built his makeup kit by trading his training skills for products from a friend who worked for Chanel. Conrad continued to expand his
2018 Educators Hall of Honor KENNETH CHANCELLOR
DR. SOCORRO HERRERA
Kenneth Earl Chancellor (BS 86)
Dr. Socorro Herrera (MA 90, BS 84)
earned his degree in industrial
graduated with her degree in
education. He returned to his
elementary education. While
hometown of Moriarty, New
employed in Dora and Portales
Mexico, as an industrial arts
as a teacher, she received
teacher at Moriarty Middle
her master’s in multicultural
School and then the local high
guidance and counseling. In 1995,
school. He is a lifelong educator who continues to bring
she earned her educational psychology Ph.D. at Texas Tech,
passion, enthusiasm and high standards to his vocational
before teaching at Kansas State University for over 23 years.
shop classes every day. Mr. Chancellor became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2008 – a significant achievement and unusual within his field.
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Dr. Herrera has made outstanding contributions in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at national and international levels. Her extensive
Ken has also sponsored the Technical Students Association,
record of grantsmanship supported these efforts across
served on school and district leadership teams, taught
multiple universities. She was instrumental in collaborating
countless dual credit courses for high school and college
with Dr. Julia Rosa Emslie to bring significant grant money
credit, and mentored new teachers. He involves his students
to ENMU through Project Maestros, which educated
with community service projects, making it a point to give
numerous undergraduates in bilingual education, and
back to his school, district and community. He has shaped
through Las Estrellas, which provided master’s degrees in
the minds, skills and character of the youth up and down
administration with emphasis on English learners for many
the Moriarty valley.
ENMU graduate students.
Green & Silver | December 2018
