I began my career at Saddleback College as a teaching assistant in 1996, and have continued as a part-time American Government instructor since 1997.  I have also taught at Irvine Valley College, and California State University, Fullerton.

I received my BS from Cal Poly Pomona (on a volleyball scholarship), and my Master of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton in 1997.

I truly enjoy the excitement of politics and am so enamored by the governmental process, that I have actually made it one of my hobbies!  My dad and I are in the process of visiting all of the presidential libraries!  To date, we have seen the following libraries: Nixon, Reagan, L.B. Johnson, Clinton, Truman and Eisenhower.

My hobbies also include raising my kids, working out, wakeboarding, skiing, tennis, a little surfing, and a lot of time at the beach!