Introduction

I am Trudi Andres. I grew up as a third generation Phoenician in Arizona (that is rare). I went to school at Papago Elementary. I attended High school at Camelback High school as well as Metro Tech Vocational school where I took commercial photography classes. I then went on to Scottsdale Community College where I was more involved with being an 18 year old then school. I eventually broke the family trend and moved out of state to Nashville, Tennessee for a few years then here to North County San Diego about 8 years ago. I started back on my education at Mira Costa College and now am a full time student at CSUSM where I am more involved with being a student than being in my 30's.

My experience with technology is rather extensive yet there are some holes. I made a living off of an image retouching and desktop publishing niche called prepress for 10 years. So my knowledge of Mac is extensive especially with Photoshop and the desktop publishing programs. I feel at home on a Mac but have had to be ambidextrous with the pc at work and home. I also used to be married to a Informations Tech. This was good and bad for me (over all). As far as technology, I learned a lot from him however I also let him do a lot for me. So there are some basic gaps in my knowledge. I know more about Photoshop than any class will ever teach you but there are some operating issues I draw a blank on.

As far as the mission statement I had never read it before this class but I had learned it though the experiences of many people with in the college of education. The contact I have had with these people persuaded me to join the college due to their commitment to education with the diversity and a multiculturalist attitude toward eduction. I believe that everyone deserves and education and that it is important as an educator to be able to provide and education that is accessible to everyone despite their background.