Background
Payán-Heim, Mary Alice was born on February 22, 1941 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Ernesto Molina and Maria Antonietta (Olano-Ramirez) Payán.
Payán-Heim, Mary Alice was born on February 22, 1941 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Ernesto Molina and Maria Antonietta (Olano-Ramirez) Payán.
Business Association, Durhams Business College, 1963; Bachelor in Art, University Texas, El Paso, 1971; teaching certified, University Texas, El Paso, 1973.
Art educator, cartoonist, illustrator, University Texas, El Paso, 1966-1967; arts and cafts secretary and director, El Paso Boys Club American, 1967-1968; social service coordinator, Housing Authority El Paso, 1968-1969; assistant rehabilitation therapist rehabilitation division, R.E. Thomason General Hospital, 1968-1970; art instructor, Burges H.S., El Paso, 1971-1976; art instructor, Coronado H.S., El Paso, 1976-1977; English teacher English as Second Language, Bowie H.S., El Paso, 1977; art instructor, Jefferson H.S., El Paso, 1977; art instructor, Henderson Junior High, El Paso, 1978-1979; art instructor, Canyon Hills Junior High, 1978-1988; art instructor, Andress H.S., 1988-1994; art instructor, Harold Wiggs Middle School, since 1994. Illustrator, artist El Paso Indiana School District Parent-Teachers Association, 1978-1996. Instructor El Paso Museum Art Junior Art Center, since 1981.
Married Arthur Roy Tafoya, October 20, 1962 (divorced 1966). Children: Alice Nadine Tafoya Phillips, Arlene Nanette Tafoya Nugent. Married Ronald Dean Heim, February 24, 1968 (divorced December 1969).