Self-introductions

[Flor Contreras]

My name is FLor Contreras. I teach Spanish to Native and non-native Spanish speakers and the AP Spanish course at Dorsey High School. Also I tutor EL students after school. The school population is getting slowly diverse. I hope to visit China during the summer in the next year or the next one.

[Stella Castro]

Is that Korean seminar the one that is offered through LAUSD?, if it is I have heard wonderful things about it,  and how much fun and interesting it is. I plan on taking it next summer if they still offer it. I also hope to visit China next year if I am succesful and meet all the requirements for this seminar, (as is stated in the Grapevine I think that is where i read that, but it could of been somewhere else).  Hopefully the dates dont overlap. However I am confident that I WILL meet all requirements, so China here I come.

[Gerlinde Goschi]

Hello!  My name Gerlinde (Goschi) O'Neill.  I am a first grade German Language Arts teacher at an IB immersion school, Goethe International Charter School.  I am excited to learn more about East Asia and to exchange ideas with all of you.  I have been a teacher for more than ten years in the LA area.  I worked in the inner city, private, public, and charter schools.  I love my profession and thrive to learn new things every day.

[Lin ZhaoDavison]

Hi, I'm Lin ZhaoDavison.  I'm a language enthusiat, speaking fluent English and Mandarin Chinese.  I provide English-Chinese language services to schools. I'd like to teach Chinese language.  I'm so fortunate to be in this program to gain more knowledge of Asia and China to share with my future students.

[Lin ZhaoDavison]

Fight On!

[Lin ZhaoDavison]

Fight On!

[Cristina Hernandez]

My name is Cristina (Crista) Hernandez and I am a High School teacher at Orange.  I teach English, ELD and AP Spanish at a continuation high school. I have been teaching for 14 years and I love it.  I also teach a couple of reading classes at LBCC.  My main interests are my family, learning, reading, traveling and teaching. My main goal is to balance all of them and mix them as much as I can.  I am really grateful to have the opportunity to take this seminar because it is very relevant to my profession and on a personal level too.  I am looking forward to learn a great deal and to enjoy the different lecturers and materials.  Cheers!

[Luis Camacho]

Hello , my name is Luis Camacho I am a former Mechanical Engineer. I am changing my career pursuing the exciting field of Education. I am currently working on completing my credential requirements and student teaching. My teaching subjects are Physics and Spanish

[Jacqueline Mercado]

My name is Jacqueline Mercado and I have been teaching for about 15 years.  Most of my experience is in teaching English to middle school students.  I am currerntly teaching in an independent study school within LAUSD. As an independent study teacher, I now get to teach all subjects to high schoolers, grades 9-12.  I decided to participate in this seminar precisely because I am an English teacher and welcome opportunities to strengthen my knowledge in other content areas and of all the courses I teach, world history is of great interest to me.  I look forward to learning more about the various cultures and history of Asia and explore ways to impart that knowledge to my students.

[Stella Castro]

Hello everyone, my name is Stella Castro and I teach special education, Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic, (MDO), moderate/severe, 6-8 grade at Elizabeth Learning Center in the city of Cudahy. I have been teaching for about 11 years, but for the first 6 years, I taught the Autism class. I really enjoy my job and my students. I have to admit that I have not really taught my students much about the Asian culture, but I have taught them about Chinese new Year , and the calendar, telling them what type of animal they represent according to the year they were born. I have brought Chinese food into the classroom, for all to sample, and have read to them many books on Chinese’s culture, their traditions, and the folklore tales, which are really fun and interesting, since sometimes they answer many questions, about real life. These stories have enlightened even myself.

[Kimberly Jones]

Hello everyone,

My name is Kimberly Jones and this is my second seminar with USC. I teach 6th grade English/Histoty/ELD at Clinton MS located very close to USC in the Central distict of LAUSD. It is a pleasure to meet you and participate in the seminar with you. This is a great opportunity and I am grateful for another experience to learn more Asia.

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