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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Meet Our Full-Time Faculty!​​

​The SAC Continuing Education faculty are here to help! Meet our full-time faculty below. We also ​have over 400 part-time faculty and counselors. Each one brings dedication and experience to the classroom.​

Counseling

Alejandro Moreno, Counseling Co-Chair

Alejandro Moreno (He/Him/His)
Department Co-Chair
Associate Professor & Counselor

moreno_alejandro@sac.edu
Patty Sigquenza, Counseling Co-Chair

Patty Siguenza​​​
Department Co-Chair
Professor & Counselor
siguenza_patty@sac.edu
Michael Ha, Professor and Counselor

Michael Ha
Associate Professor & Counselor​
ha_michael@sac.edu
Patricia Tejeda, Professor and Counselor

Patricia Tejeda (She/Her/Ella)
Assistant Professor & Counselor
tejeda_patricia@sac.edu​
Violeta Viera, Professor and Counselor

Violeta Viera
Associate Professor & Counselor
viera_violeta@sac.edu​

​Career Education

​​​Osiel "Ozzie" Madrigal, Career Education Chair
​​Osiel "Ozzie" Madrigal, Ed.D
Department Chair​​
Department Coordinator
Vocational Business Associate Professor
madrigal_osiel@sac.edu

Veronica Castaneda, Career Education Professor

​Veronica Castaneda
Associate Professor
castaneda_veronica@sac.edu
Candice Vasquez, Career Education and Allied Health Coordinator

​​Candice Vazquez, RN
Coordinator of Allied Health
Assistant Professor​
vasquez_candice@sac.edu

Emily Vu, Career Education Professor

Emily Vu
Assistant Professor 
vu_emily@sac.edu

​​​English as a Second Language



Henry Kim, ESL Chair

​​Henry Kim
Department Chair​
Professor
ESL Textbook Committee Chair
ESL Lab Coordinator
SCE Curriculum Division Committee Chair
kim_henry@sac.edu
Marari L. Weber, ESL Co-Chair

Merari L. Weber, Ed.D. (She/Her/Ella)​
Department Co-Chair
Associate Professor
SCE Professional Development & ESL/ELL Healthcare Pathways Faculty Coordinator
Academic Senate's VP of Community Operations
4CPD Board Member 
weber_merari@sac.edu​
Cheryl Bucholtz-Magallon, Professor of ESL
​​
​​​Cheryl Bucholtz-Magallon
Assistant Professor
bucholtz_cheryl@sac.edu
Jarek Janio, ESL Faculty Coordinator
Jarek Janio, Ph.D. (He/His/Him)
Associate Professor
Faculty Coordinator
WIOA Grant Coordinator
janio_jarek@sac.edu


Joanna McNerney, Assistant Professor of ESL

Joanna Kibler-McNerney
Assistant Professor
mcnerney_joanna@sac.edu
Caroline Kim, assistant professor of ESL

​Caroline Kim
Assistant Professor
kim_caroline@sac.edu
Jose Lopez Mercedes, Professor of ESL

José López Mercedes, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
SCE Distance Education Faculty Coordinator
lopezmercedes_jose@sac.edu

Gizelle Ponzillo, Assistant Professor of ESL

Gizelle Ponzillo
Assistant Professor
ponzillo_gizelle@sac.edu

High School Diploma

​​Carrie Patton, High School Diploma Chair
​​
Carrie Patton
Department Chair
Associate Professor​

patton_carrie@sac.edu​
Donna Khalid, High School Diploma Coordinator

Donna Khalid, Ph.D., M.B.A​.
Coordinator
Associate Professor
khalid_donna@sac.edu
Andrew Manson, ESL Professor
Andrew Manson​
Assistant Professor
manson_andrew@sac.edu
Reza Mirbeik, Professor of High School Diploma and Mathematics
Reza Mirbeik, Ed.D.​ (He/His)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
sabzevary_mohammadreza@sac.edu
​​​John Tashima, High School Diploma Coordinator
John Tashima (He/Him)
Coordinator​
Associate Professor
tashima_john@sac.edu

​HiSET/GED, ​Adult Basic Education

Adrianna Gonzalez, HiSET/GED  and Adult Basic Education Chair

Adrianna Gonzalez
Department Chair
Associate​ Professor
gonzalez_adrianna@sac.edu

Juliana Saldivar, HiSET/GED  and Adult Basic Education professor

Juliana Saldivar
Assistant Professor
saldivar_juliana@sac.edu