Maria Elena Fernandez is a poet, writer, teacher, and aspiring actor. She was also an education consultant and multicultural trainer from 1990-1998. She holds a Master's Degree in English and Creative Writing from California State University, Sacramento, and teaches English Composition, Critical Thinking/Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature courses. She had done advanced studies in Theater Arts at CSU, Sacramento.

She has been teaching composition, literature, and creative writing courses at the community college level since 1989. She has been at College of the Siskiyous since 1994. In addition to teaching, Maria has extensive experience in the fields of vocational gender equity on both the state and national levels; workforce diversity and staff development training, and cultural diversity training specific to the Latino community. In addition, she is the author of Mariposa: A Workbook for Discovery and Exploration (1995), a text book written specifically for young Latinas and published by the California Department of Education.

She can be reached at 530-938-5268 or by email at fernandez@siskiyous.edu.

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