Rick and Elva met while employed as Engineering and Computer Programmer Interns with Department of Defense (DOD) at White Sands Missile Range, NM.

They were married July 1985 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Las Cruces, NM. They toured the countries of England, France, Spain and Italy on their honeymoon.

They have three "only" children -- Kathryn ; Clarissa ; and Chelsea.

Clarissa & Jeremy recently blessed the Nanawa family with their first grandchild, Levin Nanawa-Cano!