Cyndy Bensema:  

College: Went to Glendale Community College and earned an early childhood teaching certificate, earned a BS in Speech and Hearing Science from ASU, worked on a Master's degree in Teacher of the Visually Impaired from U of A and finished 1/2 of the coursework, but quit when my mom got cancer and then decided to let that go and focus on speech therapy again, which I did for 10 years at Foundation for Blind Children. Previously to going to college in my 30s, I worked at FBC as a teaching assistant. After graduating, I worked as an early interventionist (developmental specialist) for families who had babies with visual impairments. Our oldest is visually impaired, so started at FBC as a parent first. Workplace: I worked at Foundation for Blind Children since my oldest son attended 1st grade and He is nearly 45 years old now! After letting my speech therapy license lapse, I worked for the State of Arizona as a support coordinator at two different locations. I worked for a few therapy companies too, but went back to the state because I'm a glutton for misery, I guess. Retired from there right before the pandemic and now am volunteering where I started as a young mom at Foundation for Blind Children's baby program. Personal: Been married to Steve Bensema since October 1975- actually we married on the very same day Bill & Hillary married- haha! We have two sons, Nick, born in 1977 and Trevor, born in 1979. They both went to college and are employed, which is wonderful in this hard economic time period! Our oldest, Nick, bought a house in Tempe and works as a computer programmer/engineer. Trevor works as a Principle Data Analyst, Resource Utilization Analyst in Phoenix for health care companies. He's between jobs now, so have forgotten his company's name. He also has shared custody of his beautiful precocious daughter who recently finished 7th grade! I absolutely LOVE being a GRANDMA! Steve and I both love to spend as much time with this bundle of energy and fun. ...Expand for more