Name: Denise Ann Bodman (aka Denise Ann Bodman-Bustamante
and Denise Ann Bustamante and "Trouble")
Age: 1951 was a VERY good year
Birthplace: Motown!
Favorite Thing in the WHOLE World: My FAMILY
Birth Order: Second out of 4 children...I have one
older brother and two younger sisters so I'm considered an "oldest"
child
Family: Married 32 (and counting) years to the A#1
guy (Rudy); 2 babies (big babies), a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and two grandbabies:
Baby 1: Married, completed her Masters/PhD
in Educational Psychology (Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological
Studies) at Arizona State University, has two babies, and teaches statistics.
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Son-in-law: Completed his JD and MBA at Arizona
State University and works as a lawyer.
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Baby 2: Graduated from ASU with a degree in Psychology. Currently applying to Medical School. Served a two-year Spanish speaking mission in New York
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon).
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Daughter-in-law 2: Graduated from NAU, but we love her anyway. Works with SSFD's Lives of Girls and Boys Enterprise.
Favorite Food: Thai, Mexican, anything SPICY (most
exotic foods I've eaten...rattlesnake, alligator, and rocky mountain
oysters...don't ask...taste like chicken!)
Past Occupations: Scooped ice cream at Baskin-Robbins;
filled water glasses at Furr's Cafeteria; receptionist, bookkeeper,
psychometrist at St. Joseph's Mental Health Center; biofeedback therapist;
medical transcriptionist; food server; hostess in an Italian restaurant;
reserve police officer for City of Phoenix; infant swim instructor;
infant massage therapist; speech and language pathologist; creator/designer
of a children's museum; writer; advisor...whew! (don't forget...i've
been around awhile)
Current Occupation: Senior Lecturer (ask my kids!)
Pets: 2 dogs (an old english and a huskita (huskie/akita)),
1 bird