Mercedes Vasquez:
CLASS OF 1969
El Rancho High SchoolClass of 1969
Pico rivera, CA
Mercedes's Story
Started out a very shy child and not very good with making friends. I chose only two friends in Jr and High school. I would have felt overwhelmed with more. I never felt like I fit in school with my peers. I didn't fly until college where I felt free and unencumbered. I didn't feel the pressure of fitting in I just came for what I came for, an education with others that had the same focus. I received my nursing license and started a dual license in the fields of vocational and Psychiatric nursing for about 15 years.
I decided around the 15th year to change my vocation and became a Case worker for a foster care agency. While doing this I was pursuing a Masters in Education. I also worked as a...Expand for more
teacher now I have my MA and work as a director of an at risk school. I think this is the most fun I have ever had in any job. I am married and have been married for 30 years and happily. We have had our hard times but it has never been between us its just been life challenges of various kinds and it has never rocked our marriage. We have stayed solid through thick and thin. We have two sons and they have been the greatest thing in my life. Well I believe that as long as we are alive we have to achieve, whatever it may be as for example, learning to plant a garden. learning to paint, or whatever your passion. Life in my opinion needs to be lived with passion and faith and courage.
Mercedes
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