Hi all, my name is Darlene Valdez. I was born and raised in San Diego California. I went to school in the Poway Unified School District. My elementary years were at Highland Ranch, Meadowbrook for Middle school, and Rancho Bernardo for High School. Currently I'm studying Spanish at CSUSM aspiring to be a bilingual speech therapist. Aside from school I love to swim and cook.

My experience with technology is that I simply know the basics. I would love to learn more, and that's part of the reason for being enrolled in this class. As for my preference between mac or PC I like both, but currently I own a PC. On a daily basis my time spent with technology is roughly 50% of the day. For me that consists of the Internet , phone, and camera. The version of Microsoft Office that I am using the most is Office 07 for PC on school campus computers.

After reading the school mission statement, what "speaks to me" is the "advancing professional practices". This is because I am pursuing to be a bilingual Speech therapist, which this campus is currently in the process of passing a masters program in speech-language pathology (super exciting :) Also, I like the part about "ongoing service" because I am involved with a Spanish academic honor society that seeks community involvement, and lots of other fun stuff.