
Home Reunion Schedule Contacts Alumni In Memoriam Registration Form Send us your bio and a recent picture	Deborah Martinez Partner/fiancee: Dave Coltrara friend and partner of 25 years It’s hard to believe high school ended so long ago--it doesn’t seem like 30 years. I feel like I’ve had some great experiences since then. In college (UNM), I furthered my education in Fine Arts, especially theater, and I minored in French--a language that has come in handy in cities like Miami, where a large Haitiain population lived, and in addition to my Spanish proficiency, I could communicate with French speakers. I worked as a reporter there, often selling my stories about major events to CBS radio in New York. In California I worked as a radio and television reporter, covering stories that ranged from death (hurricanes, shootings, drownings, war), to human interest (people) stories, with anchoring a TV newscast part of the fun in northern and central California. In 1993 I moved back to New Mexico, and over the last 15 years I’ve been a public relations manager, small business owner and radio reporter. At the same time, throughout the years after college, I’ve done professional acting on the side. I’ve been in Mervyn’s and other department store national commercials, theater, and in the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of working with several top-notch actors in major motion pictures, cast as a principal in speaking roles, including The Missing, The Astronaut Farmer, Wildfire, Bordertown (to be released this fall), and the Sarah Conner Chronicles (to be released next year). Every visit to a movie set has been amazing, and watching professional actors like Antonio Banderas and Cate Blanchett work is a precious gift I’ll always remember. I’m planning a wedding to my college sweetheart Dave Coltrara, who’s been a part of my life for decades and who understands and supports all my endeavors. He the greatest partner I could hope for and I’m thrilled that we’re back together again for life. I’ve always embarked on projects that I felt had an impact, and I’m happy to work for the State of New Mexico’s agency that cares for our children: the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD). In the year and a half in which I’ve played the role of public relations manager, my goal has been to increase public awareness of the amazing programs and people who save children’s lives every day. Times are hard for some families, and ours is the department that incarcerates them if teens have committed multiple or serious crimes. We also take in children and place them in foster care when they cannot safely live at home, and we provide behavioral health funding and programs to the state’s youth coping with serious challenges in their lives, both in foster care and those in trouble with the law. So you see, life’s been good, and I’m happy to see my old classmates of LAHS again this year. Thanks to the committee for getting us all together. Best, Deborah Martinez Back to Alumni

Deborah Martinez

Partner/fiancee: Dave Coltrara friend and partner of 25 years

It’s hard to believe high school ended so long ago--it doesn’t seem like 30 years. I feel like I’ve had some great experiences since then.

In college (UNM), I furthered my education in Fine Arts, especially theater, and I minored in French--a language that has come in handy in cities like Miami, where a large Haitiain population lived, and in addition to my Spanish proficiency, I could communicate with French speakers. I worked as a reporter there, often selling my stories about major events to CBS radio in New York.

In California I worked as a radio and television reporter, covering stories that ranged from death (hurricanes, shootings, drownings, war), to human interest (people) stories, with anchoring a TV newscast part of the fun in northern and central California.

In 1993 I moved back to New Mexico, and over the last 15 years I’ve been a public relations manager, small business owner and radio reporter. At the same time, throughout the years after college, I’ve done professional acting on the side. I’ve been in Mervyn’s and other department store national commercials, theater, and in the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of working with several top-notch actors in major motion pictures, cast as a principal in speaking roles, including The Missing, The Astronaut Farmer, Wildfire, Bordertown (to be released this fall), and the Sarah Conner Chronicles (to be released next year). Every visit to a movie set has been amazing, and watching professional actors like Antonio Banderas and Cate Blanchett work is a precious gift I’ll always remember.

I’m planning a wedding to my college sweetheart Dave Coltrara, who’s been a part of my life for decades and who understands and supports all my endeavors. He the greatest partner I could hope for and I’m thrilled that we’re back together again for life.

I’ve always embarked on projects that I felt had an impact, and I’m happy to work for the State of New Mexico’s agency that cares for our children: the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD). In the year and a half in which I’ve played the role of public relations manager, my goal has been to increase public awareness of the amazing programs and people who save children’s lives every day. Times are hard for some families, and ours is the department that incarcerates them if teens have committed multiple or serious crimes. We also take in children and place them in foster care when they cannot safely live at home, and we provide behavioral health funding and programs to the state’s youth coping with serious challenges in their lives, both in foster care and those in trouble with the law.

So you see, life’s been good, and I’m happy to see my old classmates of LAHS again this year. Thanks to the committee for getting us all together.

Best,
Deborah Martinez

Back to Alumni