Both Dee and her husband, Charlie, are retired.  She spent the last 25 years before retirement in various forms of community education here in Albuquerque, Liberia, The Philippines and Ethiopia.  Currently the entire family volunteers in both local and national endeavors to end poverty with Circles NM and RESULTS.
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She has her Bachelors in Business Admin. from the Univ. of Texas at Dallas, did her graduate studies in theology at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, and is an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church.
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Dee lives in Albuquerque with her husband and while they have three grown children and three grandchildren, she’s having a blast raising Memar – their 12 year old daughter from Ethiopia.  While teaching English in a secondary school in Ethiopia in 2008, a little 8 yr old shepherd brought her sheep to graze on the grass outside their home each afternoon.  As the months unfolded it became apparent that she needed a family and they had one.  So, before they knew it, they were on a journey back to Albuquerque to pursue Memar’s education.