A L o V E F o U N D Leona Egland siadek and carl Rice~together fifty years after meeting by kARI RUEL ICompany up to the second floor to findwalked through the maze at the Doctors a happen. At 74 years of age, she is young-spirited,Leona Egland Siadek’s office situated inthe back corner. It was here that I met with Leonaseveral times to hear stories of her incredibly fulland adventurous life. From teacher to mother tocongresswoman to activist to healthcare advocateappear around the world), Leona has made thingsto adventurer (seeking full solar eclipses when they Valentine Story Leona and Carl in New York last year works out, will take on any mountain (literally) and has been working at the Doctors Company as a governmental liaison for the past sixteen years. Her life truly is ready for a screenplay. She gave me permission to share one personal story in time for Miss Leona Shapiro at age 23 Carl Rice as a teenager Valentine’s Day: the day she met Carl Rice. Miss Leona Shapiro was 23 years old in 1961 when she entered Flowing Wells High School in the then-small city of Tucson, Arizona. Her first teaching assignment was Natural Science and Biology. She had always loved science and was eager to share the fascinating world of animals, plants and minerals with her students. Leona’s beauty and easy- going manner captured the attention of many of her students and colleagues, but one sophomore boy in particular, Carl Rice, was smitten. He had a crush on his teacher. When asked now if she knew about the crush, she laughed and said the whole school knew about it. 20 w w w. N A PA V A L L E Y L I F E m A g A z I N E . c o m
NVLife Jan-Feb 2013
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