Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Classes Taught

ENG071: Fundamentals of Writing (computer integrated)
ENG101: First-Year Composition
ENG 102: First-Year Composition
ENG260: Literature of the Southwest

Professional Information

Education

M.Ed., Secondary English, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1986
B.A. Education, Secondary English, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1982
University of Texas at El Paso, 1975-1977

Teaching Experience

Faculty, GateWay Community College, 2001 - Present
Consultant, College Board Advanced Placement Program, Princeton, NJ 1999 - Present
English Teacher, Gilbert Public Schools, 1990-2001
Adjunt Faculty, Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Mesa Community College, 1997 - 1998, 2001
Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, 1986 - 1990
Graduate Assistant, Arizona State University, 1983 - 1986

Activities

Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Converging Cultures, June & July, 2000
Member, National Council Teachers of English
Member, Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education
Member, Golden Key National Honor Society

Committees

Member, Staffing Committee
Member, English Instructional Council
ACE Committee
GateWay to the Arts Coordinator
Advisor, GateWay Women’s Forum

Community Service

Band Booster, Mountain Pointe High School

Other

Arizona English Teacher's Association Teachers As Writers Contest, 1st Place, nonfiction, Spring 1998
Arizona English Teacher's Association Teachers As Writers Contest, 2nd Place, nonfiction, Spring 1997