Linda Borla

This A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people.
--Thomas Mann

Linda Borla teaches English composition, literature, film, and humanities at Cypress College. She also coordinates the Writing Center and has a special interest in educational technology. Actively involved in the Semester Abroad Program, she taught in Florence, Italy in Fall 2000 and plans to go to Spain in 2002. As a member of the Board of Directors for United Faculty, she publishes the union's newsletter. Besides ten years of community college teaching experience, she has worked as an editor in educational publishing, co-authored Editor in Chief, a grammar and critical thinking text, and published hundreds of articles as a freelance journalist. She holds a M.A. in English and a B.A. in Humanities from California State University, Sacramento, as well as an ESL certificate from the University of California, Santa Cruz.