Spring 2022

Section 6218 of ESL714
High Beginning Non-Credit English as a Second Language -- : Jan 19 - Mar 20 2022
This is an intense class that meets on Zoom four days a week during the days/time(s) listed. There will also be independent work (homework). Registration for this class will be restricted on February 3, 2022. Please call(707)527-4229 for more information.

Section 6231 of ESL714
High Beginning Non-Credit English as a Second Language -- : Mar 28 - May 20 2022
This is an intensive English course with zoom meetings four days a week during the days/time(s) listed. There will also be independent work (homework). Registration for this class will begin March 7 and will be restricted on April 8, 2022.Please call(707)527-4229 for more information.

Fall 2021

Section 2230 of ESL714
High Beginning Non-Credit English as a Second Language -- : Oct 18 - Dec 10 2021
Mandatory Zoom meetings will take place for each class session during the days/time(s) listed above. There will be independent work (homework). Your instructor will provide more details. Registration for this class will begin on October 4, 2021. Call the Southwest Center for more information: 707-527-4229.

Section 2771 of ESL770
Supplemental Instruction: ESL -- : Aug 16 - Dec 10 2021
This is FREE Non-Credit tutoring and the ESL Conversation Club. There is in-person tutoring available on MW from 12-1pm at the Southwest Center. TTh 5:15-6:15pm are online. Ask your Non-Credit ESL instructor for more information.

Summer 2021

Section 8184 of ESL713CP
Beginning-Low Non-Credit ESL Conversation/Pronunciation -- : Jun 14 - Aug 04 2021
This class requires Zoom meetings during the times listed above. More information will be provided by the instructor. If you have questions, please call the Southwest Center 707-527-4229.

Section 9805 of ESL713CP
Beginning-Low Non-Credit ESL Conversation/Pronunciation -- : Jun 15 - Aug 05 2021
This class requires Zoom meetings during the times listed above. More information will be provided by the instructor. If you have questions, please call the Southwest Center 707-527-4229.

No office hours

  • PhD Candidate in Philosophy in History, University of California, Los Angeles

  • National Resource Fellow, Foreign Language Studies, Institut Nationale des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France

  • MA / DEA, Histoire et Civilizations, Pays du Tiers Monde, Université Paris VII, France

  • MA African Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Teaching Certificate ESL/EFL, University of California, Los Angeles

  • BA French Language & Literature, SUNY Binghamton

Academic Experience

I  began teaching at Santa Rosa Junior College in 1996 while concurrently teaching part time at Napa Valley College, Lewis Adult School, and Yuba College. Prior to relocating to the North Bay, I had held full-time positions at these institutions: Senior Instructor at English Language Service Center in Santa Monica; Instructor at the Chinatown Resources Development Center in San Francisco; and Secondary School Teacher for the U.S. Peace Corps in Congo-Kinshasa, Central Africa. I had also taught part time for several years in the Division of Adult & Career Education, Los Angeles Unified School District.