Self-introductions

[Juana Evink]

Hi everyone,

My name is Juana Evink, I have 2 kids and I'm 3 months pregnant with my third(& last) child. I teach 6th Social Studies at John Muir MS in South LA. I have participated in multiple USC-China Institutes seminars, and I love them. I'm looking forward to learning more about Asia's pop culture, economics, Buddhism and more.

[Brigid Schmidt]

Hello! My name Brigid and I teach middle school English at Paul Revere MS in Brentwood, CA. I previously participated in a USC US China Institute class and really enjoyed it, so I am looking forward to hearing from some of the same professors and some new speakers. I have also traveled to Korea, Thailand, and the Phillipines in the past. I like adding my travels into my teaching and blending my lessons with the history curriculum which studies ancient civilizations-China, Korea, Japan, etc. 

[Cindy Nguyen]

Hi!  I hope everyone is enjoying their last few weeks of summer break.  My name is Cindy Nguyen and I am currently a high school history teacher for LAUSD.  I am excited to participate in this class because I hope the resources I obtain in this seminar will help my students gain a better perspective of East Asian culture.

[Jonathan Tam]

Hi everyone. My name is Jonathan Tam and I teach at the School of Social Justice in Downtown LA. I have taken a few courses with the institute before, but I enjoy coming back because they're so incredibly enriching. They're engagingly taught. And they're an excuse to rent films. I am really looking forward to hearing about some of these newer topics like buddhism and classical music as well as refreshing my knowledge on some of the topics that I'm more familiar with.

[Deborah Whetstone]

Hello!  My name is Debbie, and I teach at a Development & Research K-12 school, tied in with Florida State University, in Tallahassee, FL.  This upcoming year I will be teaching AP Human Geography for the 6th time, AP World History for the 4th time, and Law Studies (semester) /Comparative Political Systems / AP Comparative Government (semester) - both fot the 5th time.  

I am taking advantage of the situation this summer to take as many webinars / classes, etc., as I can (Indigenous Canada, Middle East, Latin America, Holocaust, Dharmic Traditions of India, etc)!!  This will be my 2nd seminar with the institute, and I anticipate being able to utilize the content in every class (fingers-crossed).  

[Tom Mueller]

Hello I am Tom Mueller. I am a geography professor at a small university near Pittsburgh, PA.  I teach courses in world geography, demographic analysis and geo-spatial technology (computer mapping, etc.).  I have been teaching since 1999. My favorite course is my World Geography class. 

[Sandra Garcia]

Hello everyone!

My name is Sandra Garcia.  I am social studies secondary teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in Glendale, CA.  I have the privilege of teaching both World History and US History, in English and Spanish for our district's foreign language program.  As a fellow Trojan (Master of Arts in Teaching, 2016), I have been involved in a few USC school organizations and programs, but this will be my first time taking a course from the USC US China Institute.  I am excited to meet you and to learn from all of you!

[Betsy Ures]

Hello everyone!

My name is Betsy Ures and I am a title-1 coordinator at an elementary school in Los Angeles, CA. I am looking forward to learning more about East Asia and how to incorporate the information and lesson plans at my school site.

[Salbador Gonzalez]

Greetings all, 

I'm Salbador Preciado Gonzalez, an Adapted Physical Education teacher for LAUSD. I have been in the education field for the past 10 years from teacher assistant, associate teacher, substitute teacher and a full time teacher for the past two years. 

[Jessica Ng]

Hello, everyone. My name is Jessica Ng (pronouncec "ing") and I teach ETK (basically pre-K) in Los Angeles. This is my 4th year teaching, though I have a number of years of experience teaching in an early education center previous to moving to elementary. I am a native Angelena who loves to travel and visit at least one new place every year. By night, I sing Eastern European folk music and practice aerial arts. I wanted to take this course to deepen and extend what I learned from the previous one!

[Alyssa Arney]

I teach US History at Burton High School, in San Francisco.  I am taking this course to expand upon my general knowledge of regional cultural diffusion, in Eastern Asia.  I hope to be better able to infuse my curriculum with examples that I gain from this course, building upon what my students have already learned in World History, as sophmores.  This is my first course with USC, and it is my "quarantine vacation".

[Cristina Hernandez]

My name is Cristina Hernandez (Crista) and I teach at a continuation high school in the city of Orange, CA.  I teach ELD, AP Spanish and Expository Reading and Writing.  I love to travel and to read.  I usually travel during the summer, but since this year that was impossible due to the COVID19 pandemic, I have been doing a lot of reading.  I enjoy learning and I am looking forward to learn a great deal during this seminar. Cheers!

[Cheryl Watson]

I am an employee and a consultant for different businesses. As such, I encounter students of all ages and skill sets. Everyday is different which is what I enjoy about this professional educational position.

[Ivonne Camacho]

Hello everybody,

My name is Ivonne, I am currently living and studying in Los Angeles, California. I teach English and Spanish. I taught English for one year at an international preschool in Beijing in 2018. I fell in love with the country and its culture. I am very excited to be part of this learning activity. I look forward to do something productive during this summer. Be safe!

 

 

 

[Joseph Kenney]

hi, i teach 12th grade gov/econ at duarte hs, duarte, ca ( los angeles).  for the past 3 yrs, we have had chinese students attend DHS.  the last cohort was january 2020 from a school 40 miles south of Wuhan. i visited China in 2005.  i have participated in numerous USC U.S.-China Institute events

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