Welcome to New Full-Time Faculty and Staff
As Cypress College celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we are not only celebrating the past, but looking ahead to our next chapter. We are pleased to have 28 new full-time faculty begin their employment at Cypress College this fall — our largest group of new tenure-track instructors, counselors, and librarians.
Business & Computer Information Systems
Bret Clarke (CIS)
Counseling & Student Development
Dawn Decker, LD Specialist (Disability Support Services)
Mymy Lam, Counselor (Teacher Preparation Program/Humanities)
Fine Arts
Katalin Angelov (Media Arts)
Janet Owen (Art History)
Terra Schwartzwald (Music)
Health Science
Shinah Kim (Nursing)
Jennie Larez (Health Information Technology)
Marcus Marquardt (Psychiatric Technology)
Ryan Ortega (Nursing)
Diana Tira (Dental Hygiene)
Language Arts
Jill Bauer (ESL)
Justin Campbell (English)
Jennelle Herman (ESL)
Bret Kaufman (English)
Annette Letcher (Reading)
Stephanie Tran (English)
Library & Learning Resource Center
Angela Boyd, Librarian (Library)
Leslie Palmer, Librarian (Library)
Physical Education & Athletics
Jeff Benito (PE/Tennis)
Anthony Hutting (Baseball)
Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Jolina Cadilli (Math)
Alma Castro (Math)
Saleh Massoud (Engineering/Physics)
Gary Shin (Biology)
Social Sciences
Angela DeDios (Psychology)
Steven Estrada (Ethnic Studies)
James Tapia (Human Services)
In addition to our new faculty, the College is happy to have nine new full-time classified staff come on board as well, in areas across the campus that are vital to supporting the instructional work of the institution.
Classified Staff
Belinda Allan, Instructional Assistant (Career Center)
Casey Carmichael, Facilities Custodian (Maintenance and Operations/Physical Plant)
Khanh Cao, Instructional Assistant (Business a& Computer Information Systems)
Raul Garcia, Facilities Custodian (Maintenance and Operations/Physical Plant)
Briceyda Maldonado, Student Services Specialist (CalWORKs/EOPS)
Jeanette Pattison, Instructional Aide (Health Science)
Desiree Sendejas, Campus Safety Officer (Campus Safety)
Daniel Wallenberg, Campus Safety Officer (Campus Safety)
Felicia Xa, Library Assistant (Library & Learning Resource Center)
The college looks forward to seeing the impact that these individuals will bring to motivating the minds of our students, and helping them get to where they want to be. We are thrilled to have each one of them join the Cypress College family!
