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From TV Car Ads to Big-Screen Car Chases?

I work in advertising, and I'm familiar with making commercials. But I want to do more than make ...

From public relations certificate student....to 12th year Director of Education/Outreach for UCLA's Biological Field Center

The early 90's was a time of struggle and re-evaluation. I was not as successful financially in m...

Ojai Leadership Programs Helped Me Blast Off

In 1999, I had a dozen years of mission management experience at JPL, plus experience as a scient...

5th book and 2 more on the way!

In the early '90s I took a six-part UCLA Extension course on cookbook writing with Norman Kolpas....

UCLA Extension Student Iris Yamashita Nominated for Screenwriting Oscar

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 2006 Academy Award nominees on...

Training on the Train

I live in Tacoma and work in Seattle. That means more than two hours on the train every day. For ...

From Extension Student to Extension Partner

I earned an MBA in Mexico, but I wanted to continue my business studies, so I came to L.A. and co...

I'm Still a Student at Heart

Today my Culver City firm, Creative Resources Associates, designs interiors for some of the bigge...

From China with Awe

When I visited a rural Chinese village with a UCLA Extension travel study tour this past summer, ...

Dreams Come True

A UCLA Extension scholarship helped my dream come true. My grandmother was a landscape architect,...

English Classes Help Me Help My Daughters

Recently, my oldest daughter started her freshman year at UC Santa Cruz. She's the first one to g...

ECE-Preschool Changes

In the '90s, students started coming in our preschool doors that had different needs th...

Project X for Parents, for Me, Project awake!

I participate in Project X, a Parents Curriculum Project with our LAUSD Parent Centers. It was a ...

So, that's how you do it!

I took a class given by Lloyd and Sander Schwartz, producers of "Gilligan's Island and other...

The 'Write' Choice

In 1989 I abruptly changed careers going from practicing the law to trying to write about it.&nbs...

UCLA Extension Helps Turn Moviemaker into Book Author

In 1994, I suddenly lost my long-time job as story editor to B-movie mogul Roger Corman. Forced t...

UCLA Extension: personal and professional stepping stone.

Over decades, UCLA Extension has served as a prominent stepping stone in my life journey.  ...