Rosalba D. Pitkin

Counties:

Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiahum

(Term Expires 08/01/09 - 1st Term)

Work:  Clark College

1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd.

Vancouver, WA  98663

Phone:  360-992-2672

Email:  rosspitkin@hotmail.com

As an ABE, GED, ESL Curriculum Advisor and Program Coordinator  for ESL  and Latino Outreach  at Clark College,  Rosalba Pitkin serves students and members of the Vancouver community who want to enroll in ABE, GED, and ESL classes.  She advises  and orients students wanting to pursue an  associate's degree.

Rosalba's commitment is to continue making Clark College accessible for the whole community, particularly for Latinos.

As a new Commissioner for the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs, she is ready to learn and contribute to the commission's work. She is honored that the Commission of Hispanic Affairs and Clark College have given her the opportunity to advise Latinos that education is extremely important in many aspects of their lives. Her priorities match the priority mandate of the commission; to promote education for Hispanic/Latinos.

Prior to joining Clark College, Rosalba held various positions with Coventry House and was a Spanish teacher for Katona József Gimnázium in Kecskemét, Hungary.  She worked as a summer intern at the Office of US Senator Jeff Bingaman in Las Cruces, NM.  She also worked as an Assistant of Protection for the Mexican Consulate in Portland, Oregon.  Her duties in these last two jobs were to protect the rights of Latinos and assist them with legal issues.  She has also worked for Banco Serfin in Mexico City as a Credit Analyst.

Rosalba was born, raised, and educated in Mexico with the help of  her grandmother, aunt, and uncles. She comes from a  farming family that works from sun-up to sundown.  In the mid 90s she moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. She began her education in the United States in an ESL class and worked her way through the US higher education system  earning a Bachelors degree in Business Administration at New Mexico State University.   In 2001 she relocated to Vancouver WA.