Who is Bonnie?
Bonnie was born into the ranching lives of her pioneer grandparents and parents in Northern Montana.
Married as a teen , she completed two college degrees as a single mother, working as a waitress, a ranch cook, and chauffeur.
She spent most of her adult life balancing college teaching, administration, and community service with a family to care for, her love of writing and nature.
For ten years she taught middle school children to enjoy reading and writing.
For over thirty years, she taught college students to seek self-understanding through sharing their stories and confronting their issues.
She honors the Divine in all things natural ranging from the top of Cook's Peak to wild storms charging down the slopes of the Rocky Mountain Front.
Cultural and ethnic diversity have influenced her life from Blackfeet playmates, Guamanian neighbors and students to New Mexican Hispanics, Blacks and Native-Americans. Her marriage to Librado Maldonado in 1966 brought her into the inner-circle of an old Indo-Hispano family.
Her life is one long poem recorded on scraps of paper until her retirement at age sixty-nine.
She was inducted into the New Mexico Women's Hall of Fame for her contributions to the people of New Mexico.
Write to Bonnie via email or
P.O. Box 53169, Pinos Altos, NM 88053