About Me
 
Things I Like To Do:  1. travel My husband, Steve, and I have been to Hong Kong, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Nice, Paris, Venice, Florence, Interlaken, Geneva, Kona, Hilo, Lahaina, Honolulu, and Lihue; various cities while on an Alaskan cruise; San Juan, Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas while on a Caribbean cruise; and of course, the California Coast from San Jose to San Diego. 2. read (big surprise!) David Sedaris makes me laugh; Toni Morrison and James Baldwin inspire me; The New Yorker educates me (although I can’t seem to keep up with my subscription). 3. enjoy great meals and drinks with my friends Some of our favorite places are Aziza (just went there in January - yummy Moroccan food!), Viaggio, E & O Trading Company, Fiesta Del Mar, and Dona Tomas. 4. listen to music Some recent concerts we’ve gone to include Panic! At the Disco, Good Charlotte, The Killers, and Green Day. The ipod has a variety of music (jazz, classical, Hawaiian slack key guitar, pop, 70’s-80’s classic rock/new wave/alternative/punk) but no country for this girl. 5. watch soccer Steve coaches the North Valley Tornados, a class 1 U-15 girls soccer team, so we spend many fun hours on weekends at games.
 
Professional Information:  Education graduate of Pioneer High School, San Jose, CA B.A. Communications, UC San Diego M.A. English, San Diego State University continuing studies at Mesa College (San Diego, CA), UCSD Extension (La Jolla, CA), De Anza College (Cupertino, CA), UC Berkeley, and West Valley College. Employment Graduate Teaching Associate, San Diego State University Office Manager, Community Impact (now Hands On Bay Area) Associate English Instructor, Ohlone College Associate English Instructor, West Valley College 1997- present Full-time English Instructor, West Valley College Current Institutional Responsibilities coordinator of WVC’s Community Service Learning program, chairperson of a tenure evaluation team, member of Minority Advocacy Committee and WVC’s Powwow committee, mentor for tenure-track faculty member, member of department literature and scheduling committees. Past Institutional Responsibilities department co-chair (Spring 2004-Spring 2006); chairperson of Minority Advocacy Committee; chairperson of WVC Powwow committee; volunteer coordinator for WVC Powwow; member of Diversity and Inclusion committee; member of District Faculty and Staff Diversity Advisory Committee; member of Student Services Council; member of interdisciplinary studies committee; member of ethnic studies committee; member of global education task force; member of English, psychology, sociology, and custodial services hiring committees; member of department English 905 holistic scoring committee; department webmaster. Courses I Have Taught English 1A, English 1B (in class and online), English 1C, English 905, English 10 (Children’s Literature), English 18 (Asian American Literature - in class and online), English 49 (Modern Literature). http://pioneerhigh.org/http://www.ucsd.eduhttp://www.sdsu.edu/http://www.handsonbayarea.orgshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3
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