I graduated from Miami
Southridge Senior High school in 1989.
Go Spartans!!! While there I was active
in the Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society) and Thespians (Drama
Honors Society). I am also one of the
people that is active on the class reunion committee. Click
here if you would like to see pictures from the 10-year class
reunion. It was awesome! Also if you would like to be notified and
kept in touch with, please visit my class reunion Web
site.
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After graduation from
Southridge, I attended and got an AA, in history, from Miami-Dade
College, in 1992. Originally, I started out
specializing in education for the deaf. Therefore, even after
changing my major to anthropology and
history, I continued studying
American Sign Language (ASL), since I was already involved with the
deaf community.
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Several professors from
Miami-Dade really inspired me. That is also where I discovered
my true dream - to do research in archaeology and history. Listed
below are the professors that have made a major difference in my
life and future decisions:
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MDC Building 6, where both the
anthropology and history department were located
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| Professor Cubbison has been a major inspiration
for me and as a result had a major effect on my academic and
career and decisions.
Professor Mary Paige Cubbison
Professor of History
Miami-Dade Kendall Campus
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Other professors from MDC who set great
examples for me: |
| Dr. Dennis Shaw |
Professor of anthropology |
| Dr. Charles Cox |
Professor of history |
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- I attended Florida State University
(1992-1993), where I was double-majoring in anthropology
and history. I had a great experience. However for health reasons, I had to drop out with a
handful of credits left.
- While there, I learned Mayan
hieroglyphics and did a field school at San Pedro y San Pablo de Patalé.
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- I completed my BA in anthropology
with a minor in history,
at the University
of Miami (1999-2002).
- Completed a museum internship program. As a result of
it, some of my research was published in Visions
of Empire: Picturing the Conquest in Colonial Mexico.
- Performed excavations at Little
Salt Spring - one of the oldest archaeological sites in
Florida
- While there I also gained a lot of
work experience, specializing in database administration and Web maintenance.
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Presently, I am working on a joint MA & Ph.D. program at the University
of Florida in anthropology, specializing in
Mesoamerican archaeology. I
am also doing it as an interdisciplinary program with a minor in
distance education.
- There are several reasons behind me doing a
minor/interdisciplinary program with distance education. One
reason is that I am quite computer savvy and want to be able to
apply it in a practical way with archaeology. The other and
main reason is because there are a handful if any distance education
programs available online in anthropology. I have only found 1
in the US, which is not from a regular accredited university,
but a "virtual university".
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