Teresa Diaz

Teresa Diaz has been a teacher at Alhambra High for 32 years, teaching both Math and Spanish throughout. As a high school student, Diaz excelled in math and in her senior year she received an award for her skills. It was at that point that Diaz decided she would make a career out of what she was good at.

She majored in Math and Spanish at California State University, Los Angeles in 1976 and studied there until she received a bachelor’s degree in both subjects.

Diaz taught math for 10 years and moved onto to Spanish for the rest of her 32 years here. And now that it is time to say goodbye, Diaz will be working at Disneyland. “For those students that know me, I am about everything Disneyland, I have spent 35 years of my life preparing to work [there].”

“My advice to students is to study three things: what you are best at, what you like most and what will make a living for yourself. And eventually find something that will incorporate all three.”

As a last word to Alhambra, Diaz says “When asked if I’m retiring, I say, ‘No, I am graduating with you.’”

By Staff Writer Astrid Tovar