Professional Accomplishments:

Exemplary School.

Georgia O'Keeffe ES - Strengthening Quality School's Malcolm Baldridge Award

Education World "National Cool School" of the year award for technology

Quality School Based Team selected by the Govenor's Business Executives for Education to represent New Mexico at National Quality Conference in Detroit

Selected to represent New Mexico Quality School at National Quality Conference in New Jersey Presented at Quality Educational Showcase School, Quality New Mexico Conference

Quality classrooms presentation to: Albuqueruqe Business Education Compact, Quality of Sandia National Labs and Govenor's Business Executives for Education

Recognized and requested by the United States Secretary of Education Richard Riley to present the Monte Vista technology/networking model at the Southwest Region Conference of Schools, San Antonio, Texas

Monte Vista - first technology networked school in APS

Quality New Mexico Baldridge "Roadrunner Award" winner

Past President of Elementary Principals' Association

Past Elementary Principal Representative on Superintendent's Cabinet

Past Vice-President of Albuquerque Public Schools Principal's Association

Eldorado Principal Cluster Leader

Principal Representative to the Superintendent's Strategic Management Coordinating Team

Mentor for new principals

Albuqueruqe Public Schools Principal's Association Meet and Confer Negotiating Team

Member of MANA: Mexican American-Native American Women Association

Elected by Elementary Principals' to represent them on the Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent's Cabinet

Past: President of Elementary Principals' Association, member of Superintendent's Council on Equity, member of the Special Education Principals' Advisory, Sioux City Municipal Multi-Cultural Advisory Board, Member of Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center, consulting editor for Newspapers in Education, Albuquerque Journal

Personal:

504 Americans with Disabilities Access Committee

Iowa State Board of Indian Education

Accepted as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, Children's Court, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Nominated and published in "Ohoyo" Who's Who of native American Women in America - enrolled member, Yankton Sioux Tribe

Positions Held:

District Coordinator of Related Services

District Coordinator for Elementary Counseling and Student Services

Elementary Guidance Counselor