Patty Godinez
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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Community College English Instructor |
| Introduction | I was born and raised in Garden Grove California. My mother is Costa Rican and my father is Mexican American, born in Las Cruces New Mexico. I am an English teacher and student advocate. I completed my undergraduate work at Chapman University in Spanish Literature and earned my Master's Degree in English at California State University, Fullerton. |
| Interests | creative writing, cooking, Iyengar Yoga, dogs, comparative literature, bubble baths, foreign films, teaching, poetry, Morrissey, going to the beach, gardens,and travel. |
| Favorite movies | The Owl and the Sparrow, The Flower of My Secret, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Hable con Ella, Lucia y el Sexo, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Te Te y La Luna, Huevos de Oro, Motherland Afghanistan, Babel, Be with Me, Broken Flowers, Casi Divas, Children of Heaven, Delhi 6, Farewell my Concubine, Felon, Innocent Voices, Like Water for Chocolate, Lion's Den, Lost Boys of Sudan, Lost in Translation, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Misery, Raise the Red Lantern and The Secret Life of Bees, Not one More, |
| Favorite music | 80's Flashbacks, Spanish Rock, Trova, Spanish Pop, Instrumental, and Meditation music. |
| Favorite books | The Secret Life of Bees, The Turkish Lover, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, The Poetry of Emily Dickinson, The Power of Now, Thomas Moore, La Muerte de Artemio Cruz, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Rudin, The Dog who Belonged to Himself, Light on Life, Light on Yoga, The Right to Write, How the Garcia Girls Lost thier Accents, Caramelo, 100 Years of Solitude, San Manuel Bueno Martir, Ruben Dario, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Horacio Quiroga, Laberinto de la Soledad, Short Stories by Juan Rulfo and El Llano en Llamas, Tao te Ching, Change your thoughts Change your Life, Conversations with God, A New Earth, Rain of Gold, Tatoos on the Heart, The Artists Way, Red Scarf Girl, James Baldwin, |
If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?
A fur coat.