Jim Jensen

(I later learned to smile)

September 1966 ____________________________________ May 2017

Born San Antonio Hospital in Upland and raised in Ontario -- Edison Elementary, Vina Danks, Chaffey High, Chaffey College, San Diego State, New Mexico State. Studied Economics.

Military -- Air National Guard then USAF, Honorably Discharged from active duty in December 1970. During this period I became a member of the Baha'i Faith in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Moved to Ecuador late 1971 after performing 3 months of Community Service in very remote rural areas of Colombia (Choc— and La Guajira).

Met Suzanne Smith from San Jose, California, in 1973 in Ecuador. We were married at the Baha'i Temple in Panama in 1974 and lived in Esmeraldas, Ecuador until January 2003. We have been living in Guayaquil, Ecuador since then.

My wife, children and I are actively involved in programs for the betterment of society through the elimination of prejudice, promotion of gender equality, and the spiritual empowerment of children and youth.

Danny, Suzanne, May and me on Baha'i Pilgrimage in Israel 2010.

Since 2003 I have been working as the executive Director of a Foundation involved in Education, Environment and the Science of the Rainforest www.fundacionwong.org. Prior to that I worked almost 13 years in upper management of hatchery production for pond grown shrimp and as head of the genetic improvement program. For the first 15 years in Ecuador I worked as a Professor of English at two Universities, translator at the State Oil Company and as a private English teacher. For more details see ec.linkedin.com/pub/james-jensen/3/a05/528.

I still surf occasionally:

Then........................................................................Now

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