Dawn Nelson:  

Life Although it's hard to summarize 26+ years in a few paragraphs, I do enjoy reading other people's personalized bios, so I'll give it a try... What I deciced to "be" when I grew up: After high school I worked for a few years and went to community college in the Valley. In 1980 a friend talked me into enlisting in the Air Force with her and what was meant to be a short-term deal turned into 11 great years in the service. The Air Force sent me to language school at the Presidio of Monterey where I studied Russian for a year. I worked as a military linguist for six years, then as a public affairs rep/journalist for most of the next five years. I lived for three years in northern Japan and five years in southern Italy--both wonderful and life-changing experiences--and came home to the States in 1990, stationed in Colorado, where I've been ever since. I took my honorable discharge after Gulf War I, and worked as a grant writer/editorial and research assistant for a few years at the Denver VA Hospital while I finished up a degree in English education and earned a teaching credential. In 1995 I accepted a teaching position in Colorado Springs and moved down here. I have been a teacher for eight years now, which I love. I advise our high school's yearbook and newspaper (following in Mr. Graves's footsteps), I teach photojournalism and dig...Expand for more