ACE Faculty

NAME: Victoria Bañales

COLLEGE: Cabrillo College

TITLE: Instructor/Basic Skills Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: English & ACE

EMAIL: vibanale@cabrillo.edu

WEBSITE: http://babyface.cabrillo.edu/salsa/listing.jsp?staffId=845

INVOLVED WITH ACE SINCE: 2009

ACE COURSES TAUGHT/TEACHING:
English 100/255
English 115
Foundation Course
Team Self-Management

REASON FOR BECOMING INVOLVED WITH ACE:
After completing the FELI, I was completely inspired by ACE!  What I like best about this program is the bridging of affect and intellect.  In the ACE learning community, I can teach academic concepts while honoring a student’s emotional reality.  I feel that ACE brings out the best teaching in me, allowing me to reach out to students with great love, understanding, and compassion.  I love my ACE students!  They inspire me like no other students or classroom.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Ph.D. in Literature with a Parenthetical Notation in Feminist Studies, 2005, UCSC; M.A. in Literature, 1999, UCSC; M.A. in World and Comparative Literature, 1997, SFSU; B.A. in Comparative Literature, 1992, UCSB.