By Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer, TME

She has flaming red hair, a stand-up comedienne’s humor and calls people “Dude.” She’s not a biker babe…but close, perhaps: She has had a 23-year career teaching gifted and talented middle-school students, a profession that proves she has courage.

Marisa Gentile Wood comes from…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

To see full stories with photos, please purchase a copy of the newspaper at many locations (click this link for a list) throughout the Mountain Communities.

Or, have your newspaper delivered via mail and include internet access. Just call 661-245-3794. Classified ads are FREE to paid subscribers! See front page at www.mountainenterprise.com for details.

The e-Edition is available now with full photos and stories at The Mountain Enterprise e-Edition. Select the 2022-0527 edition.

(subscriber login required)

This is part of the May 27, 2022 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

Have an opinion on this matter? We'd like to hear from you.