Michelle Lujan Grisham to be education secretary. Sanchez said the news of her death left him gutted.. Oct. 27, 2020:Las Cruces Public Schools superintendent speaks about school closure. After teaching math at Las Cruces High School for two years, she returned to NMSUwhere she received herPh.D. in Secondary Education, Mathematics, Curriculum andInstruction. In addition, she is survived by several aunts, uncles, cousins, great-nieces and nephews, and Godchildren. She was appointed to the position by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on January 24, 2019. button. Search Aurora obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Trujillo was a master at time management, Jaramillo said, even making time to talk about one of her favorite pastimes: Sports. More:Karen Trujillo scholarship fund to help aspiring teachers at NMSU, Aug. 2, 2020:Adopting kittens, pandemic planning and the great outdoors: How we spent the summer of 2020. Dec. 20, 2020:An open letter to my school family, "Watching your passion for students and your support of one another has been a privilege and an honor," wrote Trujillo, in this open letter to LCPS staff. "I was there with them for a little while, and then we left. the late Las Cruces Public Schools superintendent, 'You guys need to know that she loved you', Friends, family, colleagues remember Karen Trujillo, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Dan Trujillo, who is a spokesperson for the Las Cruces Police Department, knows Karen Trujillo well. Lydia Trujillo of Ouray, Colorado, passed away on Feb. 19 in her home surrounded by her children and many members of their families. She was elected to the Doa Ana County Commission in November 2018, but resigned that position shortly thereafter to become education secretary. All Rights Reserved. The key to returning to classrooms was and is working to mitigate community spread of the virus.