K of C Council 6031 – Knight of the Month – July 2021

Leon Amen

Name: Leon Amen

 Born and Raised in: Born in Agana, Guam. Grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and Poway, CA

Married to: Roslyn                          for how long?:        39 years

 Kids (and their names): Melisa, Matthew, Richard

Occupation: Program Manager/Systems Engineer; Leidos, Inc.

Major Jobs: Worked for SAIC for 18 years, Airbiquity for 3 years, ProLogic for 8 years, ABB for 2 years, and Leidos for 5 years

Why you decided to join the Knights?: I always saw the good things they were doing for the Church and community. My Father-in-law, Richard Ramos, was a Knight and encouraged me to join after I graduated from college in 1985.

What is one thing that your friends probably don’t know about you?: I still secretly follow the Chargers.

Favorite Hobby: Hiking

If you got to start over again after graduating school, what would you change?: I’m not sure if I would change anything other than knowing that my life and the lives of my Wife and Kids, and Grandkids will be good, so not to stress out so much but I think that this has also caused me to work hard and not to take things for granted.

Did you travel much?: Now mostly to visit our two kids who live in other parts of the country (Seattle, and Hawaii) but we do enjoy road trips to national parks in and around California.

How long have you been a Parishioner of St. Gabriel?: I started when I began dating Roz in 1980, we have moved out of state but off and on for the past 41 years.