By Rachel Johnson

 

In the routine, often exhausting environment created at school, it’s easy to overlook the hard work and care that goes into the little things done to keep our education experience satisfactory.  From the janitors to the lunch ladies, the opportunities to be happily surprised by the kindness of these sorely underrated R.L.T. staff are often overlooked.       

 

“They work really hard and don’t get appreciated enough,” said Ms. Latvatalo, English Teacher.

 

One of these is a moderately famous, but mostly underground, lunch lady pioneer: Angelica Gongora, who works the cash register at the salad line. She’s been at Turner for five years. 

 

“I enjoy having people like you come in and helping them… and making the salads too,” Gongora said.

 

Gongora is an incredibly cheerful cashier who lets anybody who buys salad or ice cream from her line know that they are appreciated and blessed, brightening the days of unsuspecting students buying lunch. 

 

“When we walked in for the first time this year she screamed, ‘Ah! It’s you! Welcome!’” senior Katie Bloomer recalls. “…After she put in my number and she looked at the screen she said, ‘Oh senior! We can do it!’ with her arms in a flexing position.”