Priscilla attended Mark Keppel High School in the Alhambra Unified School District. During this time, she took afternoon classes in the Regional Occupational Program (ROP), where she focused on learning all she could about automobiles. In these afternoon classes during her junior and senior years, she was modifying her first car, a 1966 Mustang, to make it go faster with every sticker that she got from car shows. “The ROP kept me out of trouble and fueled a passion for learning more about how to work on cars,” Priscilla recalled.

The summer after she graduated high school, she began taking classes at Citrus College and declared her major in Automotive Technology. During her two years at Citrus College, Priscilla worked as an entry-level technician at All-Car Specialist, Inc., an independent shop in the San Gabriel Valley, where Paul Brow and his wife Cheryl Brow ran a fast-paced, professional establishment. They were instrumental in instilling a strong work ethic in Priscilla at the early age of 18.

Shortly after, Priscilla graduated with her Associate in Automotive Technology and had accumulated enough units to transfer to California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) with mentoring and guidance from her instructors: Dennis Korn, Jim Lancaster, Dave Brown, and Jeremy Clark.

While attending CSULA, she began working with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) teams and became the SAE Electric Porsche Team Captain, Supermileage team member, SAE Secretary, and would assist in the Mini Baja Team build. True to her style, Priscilla always kept busy; in addition to attending classes and working as a technician, she could often be found attending SAE competitions and “track days” with whatever daily car she was driving at the time.

Shortly after graduating from CSULA with a Bachelors in Industrial Technology with an emphasis in Manufacturing Design, she landed her first job as a Design Engineer and designed internal combustion engine pistons for race teams and enthusiasts.

After a few years, Priscilla went back to school at the University of La Verne to complete a teaching credential program and get her Master’s Degree in Education. With her newfound skills, she worked as a high school automotive technology teacher at Bonita High School in La Verne and did that for 10 years. She then applied for a full-time position at Citrus College. She has been an Automotive and Toyota T-TEN instructor at Citrus College since the Fall of 2019.

Priscilla finds joy in bringing her passion for cars and the industry to the table and sharing it with her students. She is driven by student success and will always do her best to keep the student’s best interests at heart. She believes that hard work pays off in one way or another, in always doing the right thing even when no one is looking and paying it forward because life is too short. She hopes the strong example she sets every day helps inspire her students to be better and paves the way for the next generation of auto techs.

“I’m very fortunate to be in the position I am in, and I try not to take that for granted. There were always a lot of people on my side, and with me, there will always be at least one more person my students can count on to be on theirs,” Priscilla said.

In her free time, Priscilla enjoys adventuring with her family and watching them grow, thrive and become what they want to become. She always looks for opportunities to make their lives full and enjoys creating new experiences with them.