Gabriela Ventola
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | December 9Sarah Kathleen McHaffie, 56, is a high school teacher at Cibola High School. In 2004, she was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. The cancer spread to her stomach, chest and blood before being contained by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Her cancer is controlled but she said she has no intention to resign herself to worrying about it getting worse. A year after her diagnosis, Mchaffie went back to work at Cibola. Now, she is taking photography courses at UNM with the hope to one day obtain a Master’s degree in Art Education. Mchaffie has not lost a step in pursuing the things she loves in life. She said photography, dance and teaching are her passions, and she still pursues them all.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | December 9Sarah Kathleen McHaffie, 56, is a high school teacher at Cibola High School. In 2004, she was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. The cancer spread to her stomach, chest and blood before being contained by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Her cancer is controlled but she said she has no intention to resign herself to worrying about it getting worse. A year after her diagnosis, Mchaffie went back to work at Cibola. Now, she is taking photography courses at UNM with the hope to one day obtain a Master’s degree in Art Education. Mchaffie has not lost a step in pursuing the things she loves in life. She said photography, dance and teaching are her passions, and she still pursues them all.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | December 9Sarah Kathleen McHaffie, 56, is a high school teacher at Cibola High School. In 2004, she was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. The cancer spread to her stomach, chest and blood before being contained by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Her cancer is controlled but she said she has no intention to resign herself to worrying about it getting worse. A year after her diagnosis, Mchaffie went back to work at Cibola. Now, she is taking photography courses at UNM with the hope to one day obtain a Master’s degree in Art Education. Mchaffie has not lost a step in pursuing the things she loves in life. She said photography, dance and teaching are her passions, and she still pursues them all.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | December 9Sarah Kathleen McHaffie, 56, is a high school teacher at Cibola High School. In 2004, she was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. The cancer spread to her stomach, chest and blood before being contained by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Her cancer is controlled but she said she has no intention to resign herself to worrying about it getting worse. A year after her diagnosis, Mchaffie went back to work at Cibola. Now, she is taking photography courses at UNM with the hope to one day obtain a Master’s degree in Art Education. Mchaffie has not lost a step in pursuing the things she loves in life. She said photography, dance and teaching are her passions, and she still pursues them all.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | December 9Sarah Kathleen McHaffie, 56, is a high school teacher at Cibola High School. In 2004, she was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma. The cancer spread to her stomach, chest and blood before being contained by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Her cancer is controlled but she said she has no intention to resign herself to worrying about it getting worse. A year after her diagnosis, Mchaffie went back to work at Cibola. Now, she is taking photography courses at UNM with the hope to one day obtain a Master’s degree in Art Education. Mchaffie has not lost a step in pursuing the things she loves in life. She said photography, dance and teaching are her passions, and she still pursues them all.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | November 28The women’s basketball’s bench looks on during the game against Pepperdine on Saturday at The Pit. The Lobos led most of the game but lost in overtime to the Waves 59-56.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | November 16Chester Nez, 90, the last surviving original Navajo code talker,spoke Tuesday night in the SUB. Nez recently released his memoir Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | November 10Thoma has been decorating his 1975 Chevy C-20 truck since 1985. It was initially covered in postcards, but now scrap electronics adorn the truck’s hull.
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Gabriela Ventola and Gabriela Ventola | November 10Thoma specially makes some sculptures for paying customers. Many of his materials are donated by passers-by into the bed of the Chevy parked outside his house.