Glenwood Springs community raises over 8,000 dollars for GSHS special education teacher battling cancer

Glenwood Springs community raises over 8,000 dollars for GSHS special education teacher battling cancer

Just months after moving to the Roaring Fork Valley, Glenwood Springs High School special education instructor Silvia Ayala received a diagnosis that upended her life. Ayala was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in December 2024, just six months after relocating to the valley from San Diego. She underwent her first surgery in February 2025 and received her first iodine radiation treatment in July. Despite the diagnosis and treatment, she showed up t…