Welcome!
Victoria Estrella Worch
33 years old, Aquarius
Top 5 Strengths from Strengths-finder 2.0:
- Responsibility
- Significance
- Maximizer
- Arranger
- Communication
Something new?
I’m having my first baby in February 2010.
Something Old?
My friendships. I’ve got friends I still talk to from 1 st grade!
Something worth reading?
“Committed” by Elizabeth Gilbert
Something exciting?
NASCAR’s double file restarts
Something worth doing?
Calling friends and family
Something worth letting go?
Baby due dates, trust me on this one. I am currently learning from personal experience.
Student Affairs background:
As a student I was involved in student activities, cultural programming, National Student Exchange, lived in the residential halls, and worked in the admissions and records office as a tour guide.
Non-Student Affairs professional:
Before I worked on a college campus, I worked in the non-profit sector as a youth employment case manager. I coordinated a Federal funded program, and taught employment skills at a foster youth center.
Student Affairs Professional:
Since December 2001, I have been the Coordinator of Student Life at Napa Valley College. I am in a program coordinator position. I oversee student government, student activities, graduation ceremony, cultural programming, leadership retreats, and student clubs and organizations.
Graduate Studies focus:
Since I started the College Student Affairs Masters of Education program at Azusa Pacific University, I have researched topics such as:
- Community college transfer experience
- Mental health and the community college student
- The Asian American college experience
- The History of Student Affairs
- Freshmen and Junior Orientation
- Higher Education Law
- Crisis Management
Important achievements to me:
- Marrying Matthias Worch
- Finishing my M.Ed in College Student Affairs at APU
- Graduating from Sonoma State University, 1999, B.A. Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
- Graduating from Bear River High School, 1995
- Living by myself for 2 1/2 years, 2002-2004
- Working with Community College students