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ADA O. JOHNSON

Home: 505-324-1082

2500 SUNSET AVENUE
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO 87401

1966-1970
Student

ELEM. TEACHER.
WENT BACK TO NEW YORK AND GOT A TEACHING JOB IN A HEADSTART CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. WORKED THERE FROM 1970-72. RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL AND GOT MY MASTERS AT BANK STREET COLLEGE AND MOVED TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR 3 YEARS. RETURNED BACK TO NEW YORK CITY AND BECAME A PRINCIPAL FOR 3 YEARS. LEFT NEW YORK AND MOVED TO NEW MEXICO IN 1980 TO TEACH ON THE ZUNI INDIAN RESERVATION FOR 17 YEARS. LEFT ZUNI IN 1996 AND MOVED TO FARMINGTON. BECAME A PARENTS BY MY 41 BIRTHDAY - MY SISTER'S SON. ADOPTED ALEXANDER AT 18 MONTHS OLD, WHO IS NOW 16.
LOST MY BROTHER (26 YEARS OLD) IN 1979 IN A SKYDIVING ACCIDENT, MY SISTER (31 YEARS OLD) TO BRAIN CANCER, MY MOM (59 YEARS OLD) TO CANCER...BOTH IN 1988 - A WEEK APART!! MY DAD IS STILL KICKING AND LIVING IN VIRGINIA.
DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND LOOK FORWARD TO RETIRING AND TRAVELING EVEN MORE. HOPE TO DO THAT IN 5 YEARS.
HAVE BEEN BACK TO SCOTTSBLUFF A FEW TIMES AND MUCH HAVE CHANGED. I AM STILL IN CONTACT WITH MANY OF THE HSC PEOPLE. LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO A REUNION.