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About Us
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Megan is currently a journalist for the New Mexico Business Weekly in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Megan enjoys the arts, nature, music, movies, travel and good literature. Born in Ohio, Megan has lived in Ohio, Texas (twice), Wisconsin, Louisiana and New Mexico. An avid traveler, she traveled with her family to Ireland, was an exchange student in France, and studied in London for a semester in college. After leaving home, she has also traveled to Northern Ireland as an international observer during the Orange Parades, to India as a member of a Rotary Group Study Exchange, and to Germany and Eastern Europe. |
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Mike is currently working on his Ph.D in political science through the University of New Orleans. He enjoys much of the same diversions as Megan, as well as some sports. Born in Northern California, he has lived in Wisconsin, Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Mike is also an avid traveler and since getting his B.A. has traveled in Europe (three times) including eastern Europe, Northern Ireland as an international observer during the Orange marches, and Bangladesh. For more information on Mike's current Ph.D work, please visit his academic page.
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Below is a timeline which will give you a basic orientation to the main events in our lives until the present...if you're interested. Otherwise, follow the links to any further information that may be of interest to you. Thanks for checking us out!
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12/29/1963: Born in California
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3/2/1966: Born in Ohio, last of six children
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1966: Adopted by Shirley and Vernon Hess, the first
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1982: Graduates from Fort
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1984: Graduates from high school in Iowa City, IA
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1986: Graduates from Santa
Clara University with BA in English. Joins Jesuit
Volunteer Corps (JVC) in Milwaukee, WI
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| 1988 | 1988:
Graduates from University
of Iowa with BA in English. Joins Jesuit
Volunteer Corps (JVC) in Milwaukee, WI
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1988:
We meet for first time in Milwaukee | | | | | \/ |
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| 1990 | 1990: Hannibal
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| 1991 | 1991: Hannibal
discovered by Megan in Racine, WI and given to Mike as a belated birthday
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1995: Graduates from Marquette University with a Masters in Journalism | |
9/2/1995:
We are married at St.
Benedict the Moor Church in Milwaukee. We move to San Antonio, TX in
November where Megan begins work with the San
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| 2000 | 2000: Accepts
position with New
Orleans CityBusiness newspaper | | | | | | \/ |
2000: Mike
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2000: Begins Ph.D. studies in political
science at the University
of New Orleans
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| 2004 | 2004: Megan accepts position with New Mexico Business Weekly in Albuquerque, NM | 2004: We move to Albuquerque, NM |
2004: Dissertation topic accepted by his committee
at University of
New Orleans Political Science Department
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