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Hi everyone!

I'm Elizabeth Bacon, the chapter secretary. I moved here several years ago from Los Angeles, where I was in the SoCal chapter. I'm no longer in the classroom full time, but I used to teach high school computer science, and I got to do drop-ins and teacher support for elementary and middle. Right now I'm Director of Pedagogy for a computing and robotics education organization, so I get to do a bit of everything (even voice the robot in our videos, lol).

Tracy, I'm going to tag you for an intro, unless someone else gets here first. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!

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Elizabeth Bacon
Seattle WA
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Thanks for starting this, Elizabeth! I grew up in SoCal!

I moved to Washington in 2021 from Arizona where I taught computer science at a girls' high school as well as Scottsdale Community College. Now I work at Skagit Valley College and participate in the AppConnectNW Consortium where we are working to create the first BSCS in Washington Community and Technical Colleges. I am very excited about the opportunities to provide high school students in our service area an option to stay local and earn their BSCS. 

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on the PSCSTA leadership team! I recently stepped into the Vice President role - big shoes to fill but Tracey has been super about bringing me up to speed!

Your leadership team meets monthly on Zoom and any PSCSTA members are welcome to attend. We would love to have you join us!

~ Catherine

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Catherine Wyman
Maple Valley WA
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Aloha, fellow PSCSTA members,

I am the chapter Treasurer for PSCSTA and also the Advocacy Lead, a new position recently established in many CSTA chapters.   I also administer Washington state clock hours for the chapter as sometimes clock hours - especially STEM clock hours - are even better than cash. 

I am originally from Hawaii and have lived in the Puget Sound area for almost 28 years.   While I am now retired from full-time teaching, I taught high school computer science (CTE) at Ingraham High School, an excellent mid-sized, urban, multi-ethnic high school in north Seattle, for 7 years after a 28-year career in the international computer software industry - the last 18 with Microsoft Corp. 

Happy and honored to talk to anyone about advocating for CS education, clock hours for PSCSTA sponsored PD, pathways to becoming a CS teacher, or even chapter finances.

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Lawrence Tanimoto
Treasurer, CSTA Puget Sound (WA)
Bellevue, WA
K-12 Teacher (retired)
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