Get to Know Me

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• I am the oldest of 5 children, my Dad was killed in a work accident when I was 13 years old my baby sister was 6 months old.  I had to grow up that day.

• We rented in Santa Clara for 8 years and dealt with 3 different landlords, 2 were great to work with.

• My BS degree is in Chemical Engineering, my technical option is environmental control

• My Masters degree is in Teaching - best practices

• I started Wilcox Robotics in 2014 - it is an after school program - I am a volunteer. There are two teams JV and Varsity

• I have served the city for over 20 years - Historical & Landmarks Commission, Planning Commission, Charter Review Committee and City Council

• I started the Computer Science program in the Santa Clara Unified School District, I also trained many of the teachers

• I was one of the first teachers recruited by Code.org to train others teachers how to teach computer science

• I have been going to church in Spanish for over 10 years. I am the volunteer organist. I study Spanish every day and I am improving, but not fluent yet.