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±·²¹³¾±ð:ÌýBrenda Delgado

Role at VC: Office Assistant at VCEC

Major: Graphic/Web Design

Years at VC:Ìý1.5 at VCEC

Family life: One of the many things that I am grateful for is my family, they are my biggest support system and I truly thank God for them.Ìý

Hobbies: ÌýI love to head to the park on warm sunny days and cook with my mom and grandmother whenever I get the chance.ÌýÌýI am also a huge animal lover, I hope to be face to face with a real life elephant one day.Ìý

Favorite Food: My favorite thing to eat is chocolate, everything that involves chocolate I love.Ìý

Favorite Movie:ÌýThere are so many great movies out there, I couldn't just pick one. My top two favorite movies would have to be A Walk to Remember and The Lovely Bones.

Favorite Song:ÌýÌýMy favorite song will always be Coldplay - Clocks. This song has a special place in my heart.

Something Fun, interesting, and/ or unique about you: ÌýI truly enjoy my job and tasks but one of my favorite things that I get to do is create flyers. That is actually what made me realize I wanted to pursue a career in graphic/web design. I originally started working at VCEC with a different major that I was unsure about. I had difficulty choosing a path in my career and finding what suited me for the long run. I remember working on my very first flyer for our campus and working on it from home because I enjoyed it so much. By creating more and more flyers I began to realize that this felt more like a hobby than a job and I loved it.

Primary role at the college:ÌýStudent Success Specialist ll

Years of Service:Ìý7

Family:ÌýSon Nicholas 28 & Daughter Marissa 26

±á´Ç²ú²ú¾±±ð²õ:ÌýConcerts, singing, paddle boarding, party planning.

Favorite Food:ÌýMy own crunchy tacos

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Something fun, interesting, and/or unique about you:ÌýIn 2009 I homeschooled my children and traveled throughout Europe and Asia experiencing all the wonders of the world for 10 months.

Family: My husband and I have twin teenagers, a 10 year old and two dogs

±á´Ç²ú²ú¾±±ð²õ:ÌýÌýI love to travel. I enjoy art, music, design, architecture, being outdoors, casual hiking, reading, eating delicious food, and learning about other cultures.

Favorite food:ÌýI enjoy a wide range of cuisines and will occasionally plan a trip around food

Favorite Movie or book:ÌýÌýI don’t have a favorite movie, but I’ve been known to binge watch shows. Here are some of my favorite tv series: Reservation Dogs, What We Do In the Shadows, The Crown, Black Mirror, Narcos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, House of Cards, Mad Men, Sopranos

Favorite Song:ÌýÌýI don’t have a favorite song and like a wide range of music genres and seeing live music. The best concert I’ve attended was Prince at the Forum. I’ve seen some great performances at the Hollywood Bowl and saw Nirvana at the Cow Palace in the early 90s.

Something unique or interesting about you:ÌýI daydream of the day when I can retire so I can spend more time with loved ones, travel more, read more, take ceramics, woodworking, and taiko drumming classes and pursue other creative outlets.

Name: Gema Sanchez

Role:ÌýAcademic Counselor for STEM students

Years at VC: 14

Family:ÌýMarried to my husband Angel and have two amazing boys, Mateo (5) and Santiago (2)

±á´Ç²ú²ú¾±±ð²õ:ÌýI love listening to a good podcast, reading a good book, finding new food places to try and going for nature walks

Favorite food:ÌýI love food in general but you cannot go wrong with tacos any day, any time!

Favorite Movie:ÌýThe Holiday

Favorite Song:ÌýIt changes constantly depending on the mood I am in. I can listen to classical music in the morning and on the way home listen to rap, reggeaton or country.

Something unique or interesting about you:ÌýSomething interesting about me is that I love organizing and can honestly spends hours and hours figuring out organizational systems for my home and love watching home remodeling shows, needless to say I am huge The Home Edit and HGTV fan.