Staff Member... Avila, Linda Barajas, Silvia Bembry, Tamara Carothers, Melissa Castro, Karen DeLa'O, Rebecca Farmer, Jennifer Fukumae, Monica Gamez, Terry Gonzalez, Guadalupe Harpham, Ann Hayes, Mark Hildreth, Martha Jungenberg, Lidia Lafferty, Alex Maple, Marti Mikes, Catherine Molnar, Erick Morris, Margie Nichols, Melody Plumley, Sarah Prescott, Dan Rich, Fred Runyon, Lynee Seawell, Patti Staley, Dave Steelman, Kari Sunderland, Marty

Linda Avila grew up in Pennsylvania, about 45 minutes from Pittsburgh. She graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., in 1984, with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She married John one week after graduation. Her first classroom was a combination Kindergarten, First-Grade, and Second-Grade classroom in Stockton. Linda became a stay-at-home mom when her son, Harrison Michael, was born, in 1988. She returned to teaching when Michael started Kindergarten. Mrs. Avila started working at King’s Valley as a long-term substitute teacher for second grade back in 1996. Besides teaching first graders, Mrs. Avila enjoys reading, and creating on a Macintosh computer. She attends Valley Bible Church in Hercules.