Puentes-Reynolds is retired from local municipal government after 32 years in mid-management. She lives in San Carlos.
There are many mothers and women who contributed to my personhood, to whom I am continually grateful for being my role models. For now, I want to share my memories of four.
My mother, Celia Margarita Puentes Cervantes (aka Lita Reynolds); my mother’s mother Vicenta Rosalía Cervantes (Grandma Rosalie); Grandma Beckley (Florence Beckley); and, Mrs. Gracia Molina de Pick (aka Gracia Ifigenia Vasquez Gomez Molina Enriquez de Pick).
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