Susan Drews:  

My life has a superb cast, now if I could just figure out the plot! I was born a California girl. I lived in Los Angeles until the summer before third grade when we moved to Vacaville. I went to Ulatis, Jepson, Will C. Wood H.S. and Vacaville H.S. I was a lifeguard and swim instructor for the City of Vacaville for ten years. Working with my friends, teaching swimming and getting paid to get a tan, it was a great job! After high school, I went to Solano Community College for two years. Manuel Ruedas and I dated there. I transfered to U.C. Davis where I graduated with a degree in English. I did my student teaching there and after a year of substitute teaching and a year of teaching in a private school, I began my teaching career in Vacaville in a fourth grade classroom at Hemlock School. During my years of teaching, I taught every grade but 1st and 2nd, and I was also a music specialist for two years at Padan School. I left there to teach at Callison Elementary School. In 2000, I went back to Sonoma State College and earned my preliminary administrative credential. I became the assistant principal at Callison in 2001. After a year there, I was transferred to Cooper School--a large year round elementary school. I decided to get my clear administrative credential and a master's in educational leadership. I graduated from Sonoma State in 2003 and became the...Expand for more