Beverly Stout:  

Life About Bev After graduating from Van Nuys High, I attended L.A. Valley College for 2 years to obtain an A.A. degree, while working part-time as a long distance operator for Pacific Bell. At the end of the 2 years at Valley College I married, increased my work for Pacific Bell to full time, and began taking courses (part-time) toward a teaching credential at Cal State Northridge and U.C.L.A. extension. Because I only attended school after work, it took about 11 years to complete my Bachelor’s Degree in English at CSUN. During this period of time I received several job improvements at Pac Bell, divorced, and decided to continue as a manager for Pac Bell rather than pursue teaching. My current husband and I married in 1989. I took an early retirement from Pac Bell in 1992, at which time they granted me a fellowship to complete my teaching credential. We located and purchased property in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Nevada City above Auburn. During the first year I made the 1 ½ hour commute to Sacramento’s National University 3 nights a week to obtain my high school teaching credential in English and computers, and did my student teaching assignment at the local high school, Nevada Union High School, in both English and computer. Since retirement from Pac Bell I have not wanted to work “full time” because my husband is totally retired and we enjoy a lot of travel, so I have used my credential to work as a K-12 substitute, an Adult Ed. computer teacher, and a local community college computer teacher (Sierra College). I also volunteer as a literacy tutor for local ESL adults learning English, an activity I truly love. Some of my students have gone on to become U.S. citizens, and I have enjoyed watching their children grow up. I currently tutor 1 Japanese man and 1 Hispanic woman. I serve as a Board offic...Expand for more