Maria has worked for over ten years as a Facilities Assistant in the Facilities and Operations Department. She is a true behind-the-scene hero of SBCC. She routinely does the dirty work that keeps the college restrooms and high service areas looking great. Not only does she keep the restrooms clean but helps to provide recommendations for safety and improvement in these areas. She responds to plumbing emergencies. She has even crawled under stall doors to unlock them. It is a credit to Maria's attitude and work ethic that she can repeatedly take care of the same area over and over. Everyone appreciates that she provides the same level of detail and energy to her work whether it is her first time on a project or her one thousandth time. She says that her favorite part of the job is helping students and her colleagues with anything they need help with.

Maria is a hard worker and is very friendly. She takes great pride in her work to ensure all aspects of her job are completed thoroughly. She is conscientious, efficient, thorough, and always cheerful. She is always willing to make the extra effort to remove graffiti and postings from the walls. She responds to work requests very quickly and works as a team player. Cleaning up after other people is not a glamorous job, but she does this well and takes pride in her work. She is a true gem that makes the day more pleasant for all of us.

Roberto works for the School of Culinary Arts as a Lab Teaching Assistant (LTA). He is in charge of the Catering class, which is a course that a student must take to fulfill the requirements of the culinary certificate. The course that he runs facilitates the catering needs for the SBCC Campus. He is a graduate from the School of Culinary Arts, class of 2001. He has a solid and professional work ethic, and a passion to create good food for the SBCC Community. He has done events that range from the Vaquero welcome, graduation breakfast and lunch, the Holiday party, to the President’s events and faculty lectures. He is patient with the students he guides and he remains calm under pressure. This job is often overlooked, but it is very important and brings happiness and joy to events at SBCC. He has also volunteered at Our Lady of Guadalupe for the past 23 years making food during the Old Spanish Days. 

Karen works in the Faculty Resource Center (FRC) as a Senior Development Specialist. In this position, she conducts many faculty trainings. She receives accolades from faculty and staff throughout the year after they participate in her training or in projects that she has supported. She looks for simple solutions to complex problems that faculty present to her. Her responses to faculty questions are often in the form of face-to-face and online mini-tutoring sessions. The range of projects she has developed are diverse. She recently worked with faculty lecturer Jody Millward in preparing her lecture presentation. She has also worked with the Associate Degree and Vocational Nursing programs, the School of Justice Studies, the Psychology Department, the English and Composition Department and the Creative Writing Program. She has attended statewide and national conferences in online teaching strategies and educational uses of technologies. She takes Linkedin Learning courses to supplement her understanding of education technology and instructional design. She is a vital member of the FRC team and an outstanding colleague to all of those who she works with at SBCC.