Guampedia Newsletter, August 2019 | Page 2
Two Join Guampedia’s Board of Directors Teresita Perez
Teresita L. Perez, familian Bonio, is a professor of English composition at the University of Guam. Perez earned a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish and a master’s degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), both from the University of Washington. Her creative writing has been published in both the Microneisan Anthology and Kinalamten Gi Pasifiku. Perez is also the lead editor of Local Voices, a Festival of the Pacific 2016 publication. She is the president of Ta Tuge’ Mo’na, a non-profit collective of writers here on Guam. She is one of three members of a multigenerational household in Agana Heights.
Alice Taijeron
Alice Taijeron is the president of Guam Housing Corporation. She is a 1986 graduate of Notre Dame High School. Taijeron has a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of Guam and a master of art’s degree in organizational arts from University of Phoenix. Prior to taking the helm at the Guam Housing Corporation in 2019, Taijeron was a retirement counselor and the director of Empower Retirement. She has also served as a policy analyst for senators Lou Leon Guerrero and Judith T. Won Pat, and was a congressional aide to the former Congressman Robert A. Underwood. Taijeron was the chairperson of the Guam Election Commission and a member of the Nuestra Señora Delas Agues Finance Council. She is a writer, as well, having contributed to the Haleta series of books created by the Department of CHamoru Affairs. She is a resident of Mangilao and the proud daughter of the late Elias Leon Guerrero Taijeron and Maria Mafnas Taijeron, the eldest of six children.
Resources for Educators
As the new school year begins remember a great resource for teachers, librarians and parents: Guampedia’s Educators Portal. Here you will find dozens of lesson plans relevant to the island and Micronesian region, as well as the educational materials Guampedia created for teaching at the Guam Museum. Guampedia also has historical timelines, an activity book from Guam Department of Education, the Life on Guam science workbooks, Guam’s Fish and Wildlife Fact Sheets, and an index of Guampedia entries. Explore these here.
Marianas History Conference
Entries Include Titles & Abstracts
Marianas scholars and researchers will be glad to hear that Guampedia recently added the titles and abstracts of all the papers presented at the four Marianas History Conferences to Guampedia. The papers are much easier to search for now. Read more on the expansion of the MHC entries here.
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