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NAME:
Marianne Garcia
SCHOOL:
Lockhart High School
CLASS:
Chemistry
SCHOOL PHONE:
512-398-
Welcome! My name is Marianne Garcia. My husband, Gilbert, and
I have lived in Lockhart for 22 years and have three children, Mark, Emily,
and John. My children have all attended LISD, so I am familiar with the
school district as a parent. I have served on the parent advisory committee
and been an active member of multiple school organizations.
I graduated from Hallettsville High School and attended the University of
Texas at Austin where I received a Bachelor's of Art Degree in Microbiology
in 1976. I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
I worked for the past 31 years at the Texas Department of State Health
Services. During this time, I served as a microbiologist, supervisor, and
finally manager for the Public Health Bacteriology Laboratory performing
testing for foodborne outbreaks, sexually transmitted diseases, and FDA
testing for Milk, food, and shellfish. In 2001, after 9/11 I became manager
for the Emergency Preparedness Branch supervising the Biological and Chemical
Threat Laboratory Response Network for the state of Texas. I performed
duties 24/7/365 to ensure that Texas could rapidly respond to any biological
or chemical emergency. I was a member of the Multiagency Coordination Team
for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 where I worked to assist families
find their displaced loved ones and get critical medical services.
So, why did I decide to teach your students? I noticed the decreasing
numbers of young people interested in pursuing a career in science. The high
tech era offered salaries that our core science jobs could not compete with.
Therefore, we are finding ourselves as a nation in a critical shortage of
trained scientists to perform research, public health activities, clinical
science (laboratory) duties, and medical needs which will be required to
replace the "baby boomers" when they retire. I enjoyed my career in public
health, but I know I could not have been successful without the fantastic
science teachers I had in high school. I think I can be a source of
inspiration for my students and relate what they are learning to what they
might be doing in the "real" world.
I am excited and look forward to working with you, your students, and our
school district to make this a fantastic school year and an inspiring year
for our students.
My mission for my classes and your students is to ensure that ever student is
successful. This is best accomplished by making the subject applicable to
this lives as young adults. I want each student to be excited each day about
what they are going to learn and to develop critical thinking skills that
will allow them to be successful where ever life takes them. I will ask each
class to write a class mission and each student to write their personal
mission statement. With the end in mind, we can begin working towards a
successful, fun year.
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