Home for the Holidays - Monroe Times

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.

Home for the Holidays

Monroe native Neil Whitehead, his son Alan, 16, and daughter Vanessa, 15, visit his parents Annette and Pat Holmstrom and family every year for the holidays. Whitehead lives in Hanoi, Vietnam, with his family where he teaches math and science. (Times photo: Marissa Weiher)

Monroe native Neil Whitehead, his son Alan, 16, and daughter Vanessa, 15, visit his parents Annette and Pat Holmstrom and family every year for the holidays. Whitehead lives in Hanoi, Vietnam, with his family where he teaches math and science. (Times photo: Marissa Weiher)

Bridget Cooke

Posted: Jan. 1, 2018, 4:27 p.m.

Some people develop a desire to travel from adolescence, which native Neil Whitehead found to be true after living in Peru as a foreign exchange student through AFS Intercultural Programs while attending Monroe High School in the mid-80s.

∞ views

∞ views

Would you like to read this article and use one of your 0 remaining views?

Enjoy great local journalism?

Subscribe to access more great content!