About the author

Laura Haley-McNeil

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Laura Haley-McNeil received degrees in Spanish and German from Metropolitan State College of Denver. She taught Spanish in the public school system, then worked in the Western History Department of the Denver Public Library translating correspondence of Bishop Joseph Machebeuf.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" size="3">After moving to </font><font color="#000000" size="3">San Diego</font><font color="#000000" size="3">, she worked as the accountant for a Christian television station, then transferred to </font><font color="#000000" size="3">Hardin</font><font color="#000000" size="3">, </font><font color="#000000" size="3">Montana</font><font color="#000000" size="3">, and performed technical production for the television station there.</font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">She has renovated homes, bought and managed several residential properties and obtained a real estate license. Currently, she works for a real estate company as the property manager overseeing four business office complexes and producing the company newsletter and marketing material.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" size="3">She is an accomplished ballet dancer having studied and performed in that area for more than twenty years and has studied piano for over forty years. Musical studies also include violin and organ. She has been on the board of directors of two </font><font color="#000000" size="3">Colorado</font><font color="#000000" size="3"> orchestras and is a member of the American Liszt Society.</font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>