Brian Deller

After graduating from high school, Brian took off for the college furthest from his home and still in California. He majored in Biology at Humboldt State University and was inspired by teaching only as something he would do until he figured out what he was really going to do. However, after graduating from Humboldt, he […]

Kenneth Fisher

Kenneth grew up in Lakewood, California where he was raised by a single mother who emigrated from Germany with Ken’s father who was in the US Army. Unfortunately, the marriage did not last and soon after his 5th birthday, his mother moved Ken and his older sister to California. As a single parent with no […]

Michele VanNieuwenhuyzen

Michele grew up in a small town in the San Joaquin Valley, where her father was the president of the school board and where everyone knew everyone. When she was in the 3rd Grade, the family moved to Turlock where she attended and graduated from Turlock High School before going on to the University of […]

Nicole Robinson

Nicole has spent her entire 18 year career teaching at AB Miller High School. In high school she was gymnast and a cheerleader. When she graduated from high school she attended Long Beach State to major in Physical Education with an emphasis on Athletic Training. Nicole later transferred to CSU, San Bernardino to finish her […]

Jason Lee Morgan

Jason was born and spent the first part of his life in south central Los Angeles. His first grade teacher recognized how interested he was in learning because his mother worked with him before he got to school. He entered the first grade ready and eager to learn. The teacher told his mother he would […]

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