Roni Love:  

Life After my graduation from CHS, I went on to USF and graduated with a BA in History. I then worked at the NY World's Fair that summer ('65) and left to join the Peace Corps. My training was at Northern Illinois Univ. and in Hilo, HI. We left for Malaysia at the end of Dec. and I was sent to Bongawan in Sabah. I was there for a year and then transferred to Tawau, Sabah. The Peace Corps was a life enriching experience for me! When I returned to the US, I joined my family in southern CA where I received my master's degree from the Univ. of CA at Irvine in Comparative Culture. I began teaching Kdg. in the ABCUSD and continued teaching for the next 38 years in ABC, having taught elem., middle school, high school and adult students. It was then (June of 2005) that I retired and am presently working with the Migrant Education Program at a MS, part time. During my tenure with ABCUSD, I served as president of the ABC Federation of Teachers (ABCFT), vice president of the CA Federation of Teachers (CFT), and am currently a member of the state CFT Retirement Committee. At last year's CFT state convention, I was presented with the "Woman in Education" award and made a presentation in which I urged the convention delegates to become involved in the fight against the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. In 1969 I married and in 1972, had my first child. Today she is also a teacher in Oakland, CA and is married and has two sons! They are my wonderf...Expand for more