Throughout Gonzalez’s life, she was involved with the service groups: Girl Scouts, American Legion Auxiliary, NMSFFALA, National Honor Society, Youth Group, and countless others. She held leadership positions in several of her organizations, and was recognized for numerous local and national awards, such the Girls Scouts Gold Award, and the National ALA Americanism Essay Contest. Also, her poetry could be found in multiple published books from the American Library of Poetry. Although her activity and involvement was unmistakable, one club impacted her career choice the most. During high school, she was involved with Math Appreciation Club, tutored students, and participated as a teacher’s …show more content…
By the eighth grade, she was taking duel-enrollment classes at the nearby universities, and maintained a 3.9 GPA. Although she was a bright student, she was one of the only Hispanic students. Gonzalez expressed about her high school experience, “My attendance at Manzano Christian School had taught me to be self-sufficient and challenge myself physically, mentally, and academically. Although I am a minority and have been ridiculed for it, I still push on and prove I am more than just an ethnicity.” Gonzalez graduated as salutatorian and with one year of college completed. She went on and received her doctorates in Mathematics at New Mexico State