The Taos News - Taos Fiestas 2019

PrincesaMo­n niqua Chauntae Lorena Gonzales

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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.

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Sean Kelly Portraits/Charles McLaughlin

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