Important Stats
Started working at MiraCosta:
January 1998, a month after finishing my Masters degree (I found the job in the SD Union Tribune classified ads!)
Classes I have taught at MCC:
Levels 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, VESL, Crossroads Cafe, Citizenship, ESL Lab, ESL Digital Storytelling, and Vocational ESL; I have also taught in EL&CSI and have developed workplace ESL courses
MiraCosta College Committees I have served on:
Basic Skills, TAP, PACE, others...
Membership / Presentations:
Workshops for both regional and state CATESOL conferences (handouts); member of Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC)
Articles: Web 2.0 for Adult Education, written for OTAN; Tech Talk articles for Noncredit ESL program newsletter,The Communicator, at MiraCosta College; various articles for Catch the Wave, MiraCosta College Community Education newsletter
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Where I grew up: Rapid City, S.D., USA
Favorite foods: pizza, ice cream, tamales, flautas, most Mexican food except anything with tripe, lengua, or cabeza
Favorite movies: Too many to list, but a few areThe English Patient, Real Women Have Curves, Pursuit of Happiness, October Sky, The Shawshank Redemption, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Into the Wild, The Big Lebowski
Favorite TV: Dateline, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 48 Hours Mystery
Books I like: Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, The Sheltering Sky, Farenheit 451, Invisible Man, and many others; I love short stories and poetry, too
Favorite places: Pactola Lake and Black Hills, Mom and Dad's house, desert areas like Joshua Tree, San Felipe, B.C.
My 15 Minutes of Fame (acutally, there were two! maybe a third famous moment awaits in my future!):
- I was an extra at age 8 in made-for-TV movie, Orphan Train, and got paid a whole $300!
- A car dealership where I worked (Toyota Carlsbad) won award for the ESL class I taught to employees there, and the class (with me pictured in the background) in a local edition of Time magazine
I love: my family, animals, books, movies, nature, honesty, my job