LIBRARY STAFF

Director:
Christine Trujillo

Christine Trujillo is a native of El Rito.  She was born and raised in El Rito.  She went to Placitas Elementary, El Rito Elementary, graduated from Mesa Vista High School the same year she received a certificate of "Clerk Steno" from the Technical Vocational School in El Rito.  She did state government as her career for almost 27 years.  She has been Library Director since November of 2002.







Librarian:
Thomas Fortson

Librarian:
Marcela Barrionuevo

Catalog and Acquisitions:
Barbara Turner

Bookkeeper:
Julie Claire


 
 

Julie Claire has lived in New Mexico since 1989 when she moved from San Francisco to Santa Fe. For the last 11 years, she and her husband have called El Rito their home.  Julie is a professional ontological life coach and an artist, facilitating intuitive painting experiences and coaching events in Santa Fe, El Rito and the West Coast.  She delights in reading young adult fiction, painting and writing, taking walks in the wilderness and sitting by the El Rito Creek.  Her website is www.fullbloomcoaching.com.

School Liaison:
Susan Guevara

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:
Roberta Orona-Cordova

Roberta grew up in Albuquerque, and attended the University of New Mexico for 3-semesters before she moved to Berkeley, California, where she earned her bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley.  In addition, she has a master's degree in Speech and Communication Studies, and an M.F.A. in film and screenwriting from UCLA.  Many years ago she was a boarding student at Northern New Mexico Normal School, and is proud to say she was the head cheerleader of the Eagles' B-squad.  Roberta spends 4-months out of each year in El Rito.  Every August she facilitates a memoir writing workshop sponsored by Northern New Mexico College.  During the regular academic year, Roberta is a professor in Chicano/a Studies at Cal State University, Northridge.  Her teaching areas are creative writing, Chicano/a film, freshman composition, and Chicano/a literature.

Vice President:
Vacant

Treasurer:
Lisa Faithorn

Secretary:
Dorothy Ochoa

Member:
Marcela Barrionuevo



Member:
Ted Harsha




Member:
Thomas Kumpf


Tom Quinn Kumpf is an internationally recognized photographer, writer, poet, and author of the award-winning books Children of Belfast, Ireland: Standing Stones to Stormont, and Two Sides: Haiku and Other Words. His work has appeared in numerous galleries and museums, and magazines and newspapers throughout the world.


 

 

 

 

 

Member:
Luis Pena

I am originally from Servilleta Plaza and attended  school in the Mesa Vista School District where I am emplyed as the Technology Coordinator. I am currently living in Santa Clara Pueblo with my wife and two duaghters.  In the past I have worked as a Network Administrator for El Centro Family Health and the Espanola Public Schools. My educational background is in computer science and fine art. I am currently working on by Bachelor in Network Engineering at NNMC. I am currently serving on the Board of Directors for Las Cumbres Learning Services.

Interests:
My interests are wide and varying. Primarily I am an artist, musician and poet.  I am a co-organizer for Spanapalooza, an annual music and skate event held at the Espanola Skate Park . My wife and I have similar interest in agriculture and sustainability,  recently transforming our house in Santa Clara Pueblo into a test site for rain water harvesting and permaculture techniques. We are also involved in issues of environmental justice, attending numerous public hearings concerning air and ground water contamination in northern NM. Most importantly, we spend the majority of our time teaching and learning from our two children, Kateri and Maya. Both our daughters have frequented the El Rito Library in the past and have benefited greatly from the organization. I am a firm believer in literacy as a foundation for personal growth and self-awareness, and so I fully support all libraries and information repositories. I look forward to serving on the El Rito Library Board of Directors and hope to help us grow in exciting new directions!

 

Ex-Officio:
Previous Board Presidents:  Jim Harford, Terry Moffitt (Deceased), John Caster, Janice Snellman, Tracy McBride, and Robert (Bob) Snow