Who Am I?

Isn't that the answer we all are seeking? Ironically, I picked a career that lets me explore that everyday. I believe writing helps us explore our minds and more fully discover how we think 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 (IP)
CSU, Dominguez Hills, Community College Teaching Certificate

Barstow Community College
Goldenwest College - hybrid and traditional 
Orange Coast College - hybrid and traditional 
Chaffey College
Fullerton College
NOCCCD Continuing Education

Barstow College Experience:

• Have taught all of the following courses at BCC

  English 101
  English 102
  English 50
  English 1A
  English 1C
  English 5 - Children's Literature
  English 7 - Creative Writing
  English 11 - Introduction to the Graphic Novel

• Currently the Barstow College Student Learning Coordinator
• Have participated in Learning Communities

Computer Experience:

Documentation and implementation at JG Software Engineering
Presented first hand research and conclusions on digital divide and Internet supplemented college classes
Taught 50/50 online classes
Received grant from CVC to create sample on-line class
Created on-line English Hybrid program for Goldenwest College
Board of Directors of CMDG (Dreamweaver User Group)

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 be made into a movie--I am so THERE!)
• Persuasion by Jane Austen – one of her best.
• Sea Wolf by Jack London – Old, but great! But 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 Gunslinger 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?