Anthony Tarazoff is a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he attended Lynn Middle School and Las Cruces High School. Thanks to the excellent instruction of the fine teachers he was fortunate enough to encounter during his formative education Anthony was drawn to teaching. His mother - Nancy Deese Tarazoff, and his grandmother - Ruth Smucker Deese, were both educators in the state of New Mexico and Anthony looks forward with great eagerness to continuing his family's tradition of helping the area's youth with the generous assistance of the Hach Foundation.