Donna Frankel:  

CLASS OF 1970
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San diego, CA

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I still teach dance classes-as I have been doing since before graduating SDSU, but for the past 24 years, teaching at community colleges in the SF Bay Area (Foothill, De Anza, Mission and West Valley Colleges.) I am also involved as a part time faculty rep in the independent teachers unions and academic senates for most of these colleges. Even more fun, I teach a variety of Ballroom, Latin, Folk, Party Mixers, Line Dances, etc. on cruise ships that travel throughout the world. Sometimes my husband, daughter and/or son join me. Mostly I go with a group of 20-70 students, friends, dance enthusiasts or people who just want to go somewhere fun, for half price with a friendly group. My 35th dance cruise (next one) is going back to Hawaii, but this time round trip from San Francisco under $100 per day for 15 day cruise March 22-April 6. Still have room if you want to join the fun. Contact me right away if you want to join this trip. Our daughter, Valerie, earned an MFA in Creative Writing and after teaching full time for 4 years at San Jose State, is now a fantasy and text book author of 17 books, 4 Harry Potter Parodies, and writes full time. She travels to conventio...Expand for more
ns and writers conferences throughout the world speaking on the art of writing, promoting her latest books and she tutors English, Creative Writing and the SAT exams in the SF. Bay Area on the side. Our son, Kevin, also graduated from UC Davis, but then went on to graduate from Columbia U. Law School, practiced corporate litigation for 5 years with Paul, Weiss, etc., then Kirkland, Ellis in SF, now back to NYC to work as an attorney at Skaaden. Steve, my husband of 39 years (40 in June) is a UC Riverside grad in high energy physics, worked as an ME, electrical engineer, quality engineer, then got into computers, where he has worked for Hitachi Data Systems, Netap and now Oracle. Together we enjoy sailing-have a 25 foot Erickson kept in a slip in San Leandro, camping, skiing, opera, musicals, volunteer work, are active for 30+ years at Congregation Beth David and enjoy friends and family. We became grandparents on March 8, 2020 with the birth if our son and daughter-inlaw's son, Elliot Avishai Frankel, in NYC. Only because he arrived three weeks early, were we able to fly to NYC to meet him, before the Covid Virus ordered everyone in both NY and CA to shelter in place.
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