Linda Boyd:  

After graduating from EB, I went to Bakersfield College and then transferred to San Jose State College. I earned a BA in Mathematics in 1965. That same summer I married Tim Boyd. We settled in Monrovia, CA (near Pasadena). For 4 years I worked as a computer programmer and then quit to raise a family (daughter and son). After 13 years out of the work force, I needed to help contribute to the support of the family, but I didn't want to work full-time. For 4 years I worked as an instructional aide in Special Education at Monrovia High School. The teacher for whom I worked kept saying, "Gad, Linda, you're so good at this. You ought to become a teacher!" So I started taking all the classes needed to earn a credential teaching secondary mathematics. I took one class every quarter at Cal Poly Pomona until I earned my credential in 1989. I completed a Master's Degree in Education at Azusa Pacific University in 1995. I taught math at Rosemead High School for 25 years and just retired in 2014. For 5 of those years I was department chairman. I have continued to play my flute all these years. In 1962, I won the senior competition, Starring Kern County Artists, and performed the first movement of Mozart's G Major Flut...Expand for more