Erwin Santos

 Assistant Judge -   Local Certified Judge ZNA Northwest

2000 – Started in the koi hobby

Help re-establish ZNA NorCal.  Served as Member at Large, Vice- President, and 1st Koi Show Chairman.  Joined the ZNA organization in 2005, completed training and earned Local Certification in 2010.

I have visited Japan 7 times for koi.  I have visited the Niigata, Isawa, Okayama and Hiroshima regions.  I have been to the All Japan Koi Show twice.     I helped support managing and maintaining mud ponds for a total of 5 years and managed my on own personal mud pond for 2 years within this time frame. 

Subjects that interest me in koi hobby are koi history, bloodlines, refining my eye in selecting tategoi, judging, and the people I meet on my journey.

My current and future goals are to continue my learning and share my journey with our koi community.  For my koi adventures, please see my blog on Facebook: Erwin’s Koi Journal. 

Outside interest and hobbies: 

Family, food, and cars.

Luanne Porter

ZNA Trainee Judge -

I originally joined the AKCA judging program in 2010, and transferred to the AKJA judging program in 2011. I became a Certified AKJA Judge in 2013. I am also a Goldfish USA Judge. I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up camping and enjoying the outdoors.  We moved to Florida in 1996 to enjoy a warmer climate with our parrots and tortoises.  Our lush tropical climate has only encouraged our enjoyment of plants and animals.  Ponds with koi just naturally fit into our environment.  Like many judges, I am a nature lover and appreciate the grace and beauty of animals.  I particularly enjoy watching young koi grow and develop.

Along with my husband Richard, I have traveled many times to Japan to visit numerous breeders and have attended the last eight All Japan Koi Shows.  In 2018 I became a Trainee Judge with ZNA America.

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