• Up With People host brother, 1977-1988
• Began French language and cultural studies at Belen High School, 1983
• Active participant of Free the American Hostages Awareness Campaign, 1984-1986
• French language immersion and office aide at UNM French Summer School of NM - Summer 1988
• Foreign Exchange Student to l'Université Laval, Quebec, Canada - Fall 1988, 1989-90
• Student resident, observer and prayer-life participant with Mariannhill Missionaries, Cape Rouge, Québec, Canada - Fall 1989
• Student resident, observer and prayer-life participant with Les Frères Serviteurs de Marie, Ste. Foy, Québec, Canada - Spring Semester 1990.
• Marie Jeunesse Youth Group member, Québec, Canada - Summer 1990
• Began accelerated course work in Spanish language studies at the University of New Mexico, 1990
• International Affairs Beat Reporter for The University of New Mexico Daily Lobo - Spring Semester 1991.
• Volunteer Peer Counselor for street kids at Hogares Providencia in Mexico City - Summer 1991
• Volunteer Domestic at Nuestra Señora de la Asunción - Summer 1991
• Volunteer Ranchero at El Rancho Sabino Gordo in Taumaulipas, Mexico - Summer 1991
• Volunteer Youth Chaperon: World Youth Day, Denver, CO - Summer 1993
• International Mission Awareness Retreat and Social Worker, Taste of Mission in South Chicago - Summer 1993
• Volunteer Social Worker: Book Translator, La Parroquia San Francisco de Asis, Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico - 1994

1. Social Justice Pedigogy, 180-page book translation.
2. Group Leader and Interpreter for foreign volunteers
3. Manager at San Francisco Food Co-op
4. Census Taker
5. EFL Instructor
6. Youth Coordinator and Summer Bible School Facilitator

• Resident International house of Casa Karibu Sze Ming, Denver, CO. - 1994-95 (five months)

1. Mission awareness and promotion activities throughout metro Denver with other returned over-seas volunteers and lay missionaries
2. Co-Director of Catholic Worker House of Denver (3 months): Co-Administrator of homeless shelter and Assistant to Manager of The Catholic Worker Used Furniture Store 
3. Part-time Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver and Habitat for Humanity of the Rocky Mountain Region (7-months):

• Site Cordinator for volunteer labor
• Office clerical
• Computer systems maintenance
• Advisor and Interpreter for low-income latino candidates for the program

• Weekly contact with French Canadian and Mexican customers as a technical support agent at the Printing Systems Company of IBM through Highland Technical Management, Inc., Boulder, CO. - 1999.
• Transportation & Excursion Manager at Club Mediteranné, Copper Mountain, Colorado. - Winter 2000

1. Served about 500 people per week from all over the world, coordinating transportation and off-site excursions.
2. Functioned in French, Spanish, English and occasionally Portuguese and Italian.
3. Welcomed guests at Denver International Airport every Sunday and coordintated their transportation to Club Med Copper Mountain

• Resident and student in French quarter of Ottawa: Theology/Religious Anthropology student at Univesité St. Paul, Ottawa, ON Canada - French University.
• Multilingual Transportation Coordinator, Meet & Greet Rep., Media Information Specialist and Interpreter:  French/Spanish/Italian, English - World Youth Day Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada - summer 2002
• Quadrilingual Tour Guide and Train Agent on board the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad - Summer 2001
• Quadrilingual Tour Guide and Concessionaire on board the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad -Summer 2006
  
• Journey to Québec every two to three years to visit friends for a few weeks at a time
• Mexican/American and Latino cultural background in Albuquerque and Belen, NM, 25 years
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