Born in 1956. I spent the majority of my life in southern New Mexico. I spent a good share of my summers with my grand dad Earl A. Chaney. He worked on ranches north of the Mexican border in New Mexico. My mother is his middle child.

I retired from the New Mexico State Police as an Assistant Commander in 2004 and was elected as a Magistrate Judge in Otero County New Mexico in 2006 and now retired.

New Mexico is a young state and my family has been in the midst of it. The history is intriguing and I have enjoyed researching it.