Erica Mullins FDFP Highlight
Erica Mullins served as a Faculty Fellow in the first cohort of the Aspire Alliance Central California Regional Collaborative. Erica is originally from the Los Angeles area, she moved to Kern County in early 2002. She is a first-generation college graduate on both sides of her family and is the granddaughter of Mexican-American immigrants on her father's side.
After moving to Bakersfield, she enrolled at Bakersfield College to fulfill transfer requirements then completed her Bachelor of Science in Business before moving on to a Master of Science in Biology from ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, Bakersfield in 2016. Erica expects to receive her second master's degree, this time in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, in December. She is also a member of the 3CSN STEM Instructors Learning Community this year, where she is enrolled in the year-long course: "Apprenticing Students into STEM Thinking."
In preparation for the 2021-22 academic year, Erica applied for several Tenure-Track Faculty positions in colleges in the Central Valley region. Erica received a couple of offers and has accepted a position at her alma mater, ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, Bakersfield. Please join us in congratulating Erica on her academic and professional accomplishments!
