Multicultural Education

Cultural Collage
By
Yvonne Jackson
 College of Secretary for
Southern The Clark
Nevada County School
District

Wife and
Mother Me Catholic

Mexican-
Los Angeles
American
Sisters
Beliefs & Values
• I was raised Catholic.
• Religious Holidays I still celebrate: Christmas, Easter, Ash Wednesday
& Palm Sunday.
• My favorite time of the year is fall.
• I like celebrating Halloween, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
• I don’t go to church every Sunday like I did when I was a child.
• I pray almost every day in a journal. It helps me stay humble and at
peace.
• I believe in doing the right thing and being a good example to others.
• I believe in Karma.
 Places I Have Lived

Las Vegas, NV

Los Angeles, CA Seattle, WA

 Education

• 1972 – 1980 Attended St. Marianne De Padre School, Pico Rivera, CA

• 1980 – 1984 Attended St. Paul High School, Santa Fe Springs, CA

• 1992 – 1993 Attended Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA

• 2010 – Attending College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

 Hobbies & Interests
• Gardening

• Traveling

• Beading Jewelry
Family
 Happy Being Introverted
• Tell me what is wrong so I can fix it.
• How can I help?
• I am an introvert and I love my alone time.
• I prefer not being noticed.
• I’m not lazy, I just love sleeping in.
• Music: Country, Latin and Classic.
• My favorite instrument is the Cello.
• I speak Spanish and I would like to learn another language one day.
• Book I’m hoping to finish one day: Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor
 Ancestry
• I recently did a DNA ancestry test and these were my results:
• Native American 35%
• Italy/Greece 27%
• Iberian Peninsula 26%
• Africa South-Central Hunter-Gatherers 2%
• Benin/Togo < 1%
• Senegal < 1%
• Asia Central 3%
• Great Britain 2%
• Polynesia < 1%
• Middle East 2%