The Taos News - Taos Fiestas 2019
PrincesaMon niqua Chauntae Lorena Gonzales
MONIQUA IS 17 YEARS OLD and a graduate of Peñasco High School. Her passion is dancing, and she has been dancing since she was practically a newborn. Moniqua danced for the Taos Middle School and Taos High School dance teams up until her sophomore year, when she transferred to and graduated from Peñasco High School with two cords of honor on May 25.
She is planning to attend college in Las Vegas, New Mexico, to pursue a career in the neonatal field or forensic investigative field at Luna Community College in the fall of 2019. She plans to reside on campus at New Mexico Highlands University to obtain the “full college experience.”
Moniqua is the daughter of Heather Marie Lane of Taos and Jason Adrian Gonzales of Peñasco. Her maternal grandparents are Maysel and Santiago Castillo and Margaret Virginia Lane of Taos. Her paternal grandparents are Anival Gonzales and the late Mary Evelyn Gonzales of Peñasco.