Kathy Harris:  

Life Hi to anyone who cares.. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I have a beautiful daughter and four beautiful grandchildren and three beautiful step-grandaughters. Alice Grace and Linda Escalante (Arellano) and I are now communicating and sharing our life stories from the past 30 years. I'm currently working in my Graduate Degree in Education/Curriculum -Adult Education/at the University of Phoenix and am graduating May 2008. As the Senior Class Vice President of the Class of 1968 I remember our class had a lot of spirit. I haven't changed...just like back then I saw one race of people on this planet....the human race. There wasn't any percentages in being like that back then...but now it looks like humans have evolved. But it seems no one still hasn't got anything to say. Then there are people like me (remember I was "Miss Mouth of 1968" of the Girls Athletic Association [GAA]) who always had something to say. Here's a time-line of what happened after graduation: 1. I did not marry Philip Banks 2. Moved to Riverside and Married Frank Valadez (my daughter's father). 3. Attended San Bernardino Valley College (Joined domestic branch of Peace Corp for 2 years and ran a remedial reading program in San Bernardino (1972-74) 4. Became a photo journalist and later journalist for alternative press community development magazines/newspapers (1970) 5. From 1970 until 1981 was a community activist for Civil Rights; was founding member of grass roots Gang Diversion Organization (Los Padrinos of Southern California); 1978 received TELACU(The East Los Angeles Community Union) Women's Achievement Award; Graduated from San Bernardino Valley College with AA in Spanish and Photography; 1978 Graduated from Redlands University w/BA in Bilingual Journalism/Community Development. 6. Divorced/Remarried 1981--Lived 4 years in Wiesbaden, WGermany (Editor Wiesbaden Post Military Newspaper) 7. Remarried in 1987 after return to California 8. My sister Maureen Bixl...Expand for more