Artist Kathryn Stephens’ passion for her craft has made her a driving force as director of development for “A Reason To Survive” (ARTS), a non-profit organization that provides therapeutic arts programming to youth facing major life challenges. Stephens also served as the campaign manager for the New Children’s Museum. She has crafted vibrant mosaic murals at Bird Rock Elementary, where she taught for several years.
Doreen Schonbrun received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Criticism from UC San Diego. She is passionate about using the richness of art history to teach children about world history, the arts, diversity, economics, politics and religion. Her other interests include art making, science, music, dance and theater.
Nahieli Caldwell, born in Mexico, said she was very young when she first witnessed the hunger of the poor and the cry for help in the eyes of innocent children. The experiences forever changed her life. In her attempt to support those in need, she became involved in many causes ranging from cuddling babies at the DIF Children’s Home in Mexico, to the rehabilitation of at-risk girls at The Girls Probation House in Virginia.
Terri Bignell has been involved in nearly every aspect of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County for the past 30 years. She was the director of the Associate Women’s Division, 1986-2002, and went on to become a volunteer leader and then president of the Women’s Division, 2007-2009.
David Chase, Ph.D. has been choral director of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus since 1973. He also serves as a lecturer in the UC San Diego Music Department and, in 2009, retired from Palomar College where he taught music for 35 years. Under his leadership, the 130-voice chorus performs a mix of musical styles for the LJSC subscription series in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD.
Tracy Johnson is an associate professor of molecular biology in the UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences. She received her bachelor’s degree from UCSD, her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, and was a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Considered an outstanding instructor and mentor, Johnson was recently recognized with a UCSD’s Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for undergraduate teaching.
Ted Rodosovich was born to steel mill workers in northeast Ohio. Via athletics (football, boxing – he was Heavyweight Champ U.S.M.A. 1960-61), he was able to attend West Point and later graduate from The University of Cincinnati. His business and teaching career mixed. He played some pro football (1965-66 NFL Baltimore Colts and CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers) until a permanent leg injury.
Paul Cunningham is the senior pastor of La Jolla Presbyterian Church. Before moving to La Jolla, he pastored churches in Lubbock and Wichita Falls,
Texas. Cunningham grew up in Fresno and graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in finance. He earned his master’s degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a doctor of ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary.
Beloved La Jolla bookseller Dennis Wills, filed this short bio when asked about his life journey: U.S. Air Force Intelligence, 1967-71; Intensive Russian, Syracuse University, 1968; Philosophy major, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1971-73; Classical Greek, UCLA, 1972-73; Rhodes Scholarship candidate from Cal. State Dominguez Hills, l973; Tutorials in Philosophy and Theology, Oxford University, 1973-74; Institute of East European Studies, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, l974-75; Russian Institute, School of International Change, Columbia University, 1975-77; staff, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Research Institute on International Affairs, Columbia University, 1976-77; Washington, D.C., 1977-79; La Jolla, 1979-present.
In honor of her dedication to the Just in Time for Foster Youth organization, the La Jolla Light posed its 10 Questions to philanthropist Reena Horowitz. Reena and Sam Horowitz and Wendy Walker and Randall Woods are chairing the organization’s black-tie event on April 6 in La Jolla.
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