Virginia Novak Cunha
After Stevens High, I went to UNH and graduated in 1965 with a BA in
Microbiology. I put that to good use over the next two years in Brazil
where I worked as a lab technichian and health educator on a project in
Health and Community Development in the northeast part of Brazil. I
returned in 1967 and began another career as an elementary school
teacher, first in Philadelphia and then in Cornish, NH and
Chesterfield, NH teaching science until 1973 when I got a job in Keene
and taught 3rd, 4th, and 5 grades. I worked on writing curriculum for
math, science, vocational training, and computer education. I retired
after 32 years of teaching in 1999. I worked part-time as a substitute
teacher, a tutor with Sylvan Learning Center and then with the elderly
in Home Health Care . After 901 I began working at Smiths Medical Inc.
in Keene. I tried the graveyard shift for 9 months and then got
'promoted' to Customer Service. That last job was probably the
hardest one I ever did. My job got relocated to Ohio as of March
31st so I took Social Security and am now 'really retired', at least
for awhile.
My husband Aureliano and I had 3 children: Ari who lives in Baltimore,
MD; Angela who is working for LendingTree.com in the main office in
Charlotte, NC; and Adam who also is in Charlotte,NC and works for
Kuhne-Nagel, a logistics shipping concern.
We now have a developmentally disabled young man living with us until
we decide on the next chapter in our lives. We are going back to
Brazil for a visit with relatives this June and so will miss the
festivities. However, I have already marked the 50th on my
calendar.
See you then!