Candidate for
Board Member; San Juan Unified School District

Biographical Data

Born: Sacramento, California; Elementary School K-8: Fair Oaks Grammar School, Fair Oaks, California; High School: San Juan High School, Citrus Heights, California; Colleges: Sacramento State College (California State University Sacramento), Sacramento, California; University of California System - Davis, Berkeley; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Degrees: Bachelor's and Master's

Employment History: 1962 + 1966 University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus,

Plant Pathology, Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife Research Laboratory-
Laboratory Technologist

grade

Curriculum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

California, taught grades 4-6

taught grades 7 & 8 science, math, and special education

grade 9 science

Assorted education activities and awards:

• Mentor teacher
• Department chair person
• Curriculum writer and developer
• Taught many and various workshops in science instruction and pedagogy for SJUSD, San Juan Teachers Association, CSUS SCATS seminar series, and the State Dep't of Education
• San Juan Teachers Association Executive Board and Bargaining Team
• Science Olympiad Coach and Event Coordinator, regional & state
• Worked on many and varied SJUSD committees, such as graduation requirements, textbook adoption committees, curriculum and standards committees
• Presenter at various science conferences
• San Juan Teacher of the Year
• Carnegie Teacher of the Year, five times

• California Science Teachers Association
• National Science Teachers Association
• Schools & Colleges Advancing the Teaching of Science, CSUS
• Sierra Club
• San Juan Teachers Association
• California Retired Teachers Association
• United States Rowing Association
• Master's Rowing Association
• Lake Natoma Rowing Club/Association
• Women's Thursday Club of Fair Oaks
• Sacramento Knitting Guild + Sacramento Stocknettes
• Alpha Phi Alumna
• San Juan Education Foundation, ex officio board member
• San Juan Alumni Association

• Son and daughter-in-law living in San Francisco o Son went to Fair Oaks Elementary School, Carnegie Middle School, and

graduated from Bella Vista High School (all SJUSD schools)

• Granddaughter working and living in San Diego
  o Went to Will Rogers Middle School and Casa Roble High School, SJUSD,

before her parents moved to San Diego

• Grandson working and living in San Francisco
  o Went to Will Rogers Middle School, SJUSD
• Siblings and their spouses all live in the area
• Large numbers of extended family within 75 mile radius