Dr. Lombardi's family is her lifelong love. She raised her son as a single mom striving for the best opportunitites for him. She has made the same commitment to excellence, equity, and opportunity in her professional life to those she encountered as a teacher, state association leader, campus administrator, and curriculum director, Her work community including her colleagues, teachers, and students have become her extended "family".
Traveling the world has been her passion since her early years. Each new locale has yielded new perspectives and new learning. In times of change, she has found outdoor travel as her solace whether it is hiking through bluebonnet paths or traveling national and state parks such as Bandelier National Park in New Mexico, Palo Duro Canyon in Texas or St.
Andrew's Park in the panhandle of Florida.
Dr. Lombardi is currently collaborating with Joseph Jett, New Mexican photographer, on a book entitled "Santa Fe Life". The book includes written summaries of interviews with notable personalities/artists in Santa Fe.
Synopsis of "Santa Fe Life"
"Santa Fe Life" by Joseph Jett (photographer) and Dr. Janice Lombardi (writer) is a book of intriguing “looks”. Joseph Jett’s photographs of the authentic people and places of Santa Fe unveil a stunning “look” into what makes Santa Fe and northern New Mexico so unique. The book features examples of Pueblo Revival homes in the historic district, the Santa Fe Indian Market, the international art galleries of the city, the historic museums and churches, as well as the young cowboys and cowgirls of the rodeo. All of these and more are captured in this composite collection. The impressive photographs tell the story of "A City Different".
Additionally, Dr. Janice D. Lombardi wrote the explanatory text surrounding the photographs and interviewed notable personalities from northern New Mexico who are included in the book. Each shared their life’s works, their hearts, and minds, as well as their roots in the Southwest. The interviews are representative of the many artists, craftsmen, and artisans that make Santa Fe and northern New Mexico their home. Santa Fe is a beacon of the arts and Santa Fe Life is an excellent visual synopsis of the region.
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