Who Am I?

Isn't that the answer we all are seeking? Ironically, I picked a career that lets me explore that everyday. Writing helps us explore our thoughts and outrselves more fully discover and hopefully see ourselves and our lives more clearly.  

While the following information may not define "Who I Am?" it should help give you some idea who is on the other end of the on-line connection.

• Fullerton College - A. A.
• CSU, Fullerton - B. A. in English
• CSU, Fullerton - M. A. in English
• UCI Writing Project I and II
• CVC On-line Certification
• CSU, Dominguez Hills, Community College Teaching Certificate

Teaching Experience:

• Barstow Community College
• Goldenwest College - hybrid and traditional 
• Orange Coast College - hybrid and traditional 
• Chaffey College
• Fullerton College

Barstow Community College Teaching Experience:

• English 101 - Basic Skills
• English 102 - Basic Skills
• English 50  -  Basic English
• English 1A - Composition
• English 1C - Critical Thinking and Composition
• English 5 -  Introduction to Children's Literature
• English 7 - Creative Writing
• English 11 - Introduction to the Graphic Novel

Hobbies and Preferences:

Bike riding
Reading (check out my list of favorite books)
Mountain Dew
Anything created by Joss Whedon

 Some of My Favorite Books (In No Particular Order)

• The Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons – I usually reread this once every couple of years and am always amazed at what it has to offer. (Finally made into a movie!)
• Persuasion by Jane Austen – one of her best.
• Sea Wolf by Jack London – Old, but great! The movie is NOT the same story –at all!
• House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday – tough read, but WOW!
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving – The only John Irving book I have read that didn’t make me think he was a complete megalomaniac, pervert.
• Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison – tough topics, but relatively easy read – a book everyone should read.
• The Gunslnger by Stephen King – not a "classic," but a fascinating story, keeps you guessing and interested.
• Light in August by William Faulkner – What to say? I had to read it for school, but ended up loving it.
• Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – A warped version of some future. In some ways is reminiscent of (and more complex than) White Plague by Frank Herbert, the writer of the Dune series.
• The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett - Yes, the same guy who wrote The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man. Same type of story, tough guy, tough times, betrayal, loyalty and a mystery, oh and a ‘broad," but in this case there is a another mystery – What the heck does that glass key mean?