Highlighting the amazing Administration, Faculty, Classified Professionals, and Students that make up our pirate family.
This month's highlights include:
Armando Razo (student), Alejandra Ildefonso (classified), Anne Paul King (administrator), Preston Pipal (faculty)
Name: Armando Razo
Role at VC: Director of Events and Activities/Student worker for Basic Needs
Major: Business/Real Estate
Years at VC: 2 years
Family life: 7 (2 sisters, 2 brothers, mom, dad, and myself)
Hobbies: Play video games/ Short-Term Investing
Favorite Food: Wingstop
Favorite Movie: Avengers Endgame
Favorite Song: Que Vas A Hacer-Nivel Codiciado
Something Fun, interesting, and/ or unique about you: I’m a first generation student
Name: Alejandra Ildefonso
Primary role at the college: Bilingual Outreach Specialist
Years of Service: 8 months
Family: Married
Hobbies: Reading, hiking, camping, traveling, meeting cute doggies. Watching Formula 1 racing and my absolute favorite is finding new places to eat. I am a foodie at heart.
Favorite Food: CHEESEBURGERS!! Mexican and Thai Food
Favorite Movie: A tie between The Devil Wears Prada and Matilda.
Favorite Song: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Something fun, interesting, and/or unique about you: I am deathly afraid of birds…but I’m trying to conquer my fear.
Name: Preston Pipal
Role at VC: Professor of Biology
Years at VC: 7
Family: My mom lives in North Carolina and my two aunts live in Florida.
Hobbies: Gardening, camping, hiking, video games (PS5 and PC), anime, and reading (science, ancient history, sci-fi/fantasy)
Favorite food: Ramen, sushi, and fried chicken
Favorite Movie or book: Gladiator
Favorite Song: I have a wide-ranging taste in music, but I listen to pop punk and emo the most of any genre.
Something unique or interesting about you: I've hiked/camped at over 40 national parks in the US and Canada. Before coming to Ventura College, I drove K loaders at UPS Worldport in Louisville, KY.
Name: Anne Paul King
Role: Executive Director, Ventura College Foundation which seeks philanthropic donations to remove financial barriers for VC students and programs
Years at VC: 9 years
Family: Two amazing adult kids, Alex (26, works for Sen. Feinstein in the Senate Judiciary Committee), Cameron (23, fashion designer, Disco Shipwreck, non-binary and trans super-swaggy clothing and accessories)
Hobbies: Gluten Free baking, cooking, walking/hiking, advising organizations on fund raising (can’t help myself)
Favorite food: fish and chocolate—not together
Favorite Movie: August Rush
Favorite Song: Hey, Hey, Hey by Michael Franti & Spearhead
Something unique or interesting about you: I am in the SAG-AFTRA Union as an actor.