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Shana Bachus, a native of El Paso, Texas joined our timebank in January of this year-2018. She hit the ground running as she already has sixty PLUS hours on her timebank. After all, she says she joined the timebank because she thought she could “make a difference” in advocating those in need.
These exchanges are taking place while she is pursuing part-time, ONLINE classes for her Master’s Degree in Social Work.
Las Vegas, Nevada is where she calls her hometown because she was raised there for 14 years. She misses Las Vegas’ diversity, culture, food, and the people because everything is based on customer service. She reported that she likes to visit there twice a year. Shana went to high school there graduating in 2001. One of the neat things included in her diploma was the completion of a courses in “Travel and Tourism”. These courses enabled her to work at the Bell desk inside of “Treasure Island Hotel and Casino where for four years she provided “concierge type” services to travelers. While working the Bell Desk, she completed her undergraduate degree fulltime in Social Work 2005.
Shana returned to the Borderland the last five years of her grandmother’s life, who resided in El Paso. Shana settled in Las Cruces, where it was an easy to commute and to attend to her grandmother’s needs as her care taker. She did this for five years three times a week.
The timebank and studying is not Shana’s whole life, our member likes to swim, play tennis, volley ball, and dance to Zumba.
She would like help with organizing her storage shed i.e. if she could just find the time for someone to come and help her.
She says she seems to always be putting her close girl friends on planes to relocate because they love to travel and be adventurous; but, she does have a best-friend named Austin Dingle from Las Vegas too who stays put right beside her here in Cruces. He supports her in schooling and provides emotional support. Shana has two Siamese house-mates who act like her children: Sully 12 years and Kitty 16 years her two faithful cats since they were kittens.
Shana will be here until December of 2019 because that is her expected date to graduate from Western New Mexico University, when she will complete her Master’s Degree in Social Work.
After that, her destination is unknown.
Meanwhile, meet Shana, the girl who is making a difference.
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