Candace Collins

Candace Collins has been at AHS for 33 years, considering she became a freshman in 1966. Because of her familiarity to the campus and staff, it is sorrowful to acknowledge that Collins will be one of the staff members leaving AHS at the end of this school year.

“No one really inspired me to become a teacher, I just knew [it was right for me],” Collins said. From the early age of four, Collins knew this was the right career and that set goal was all she needed. After graduating in 1970, she went on to study at East Los Angeles Community College and California State University, Los Angeles to major in business. During this time Collins worked as a teacher’s aide in the Alhambra Unified School District at Park School.

Collins plans to be a substitute teacher for elementary school students after leaving AHS. Before she leaves, Collins wants to say to the graduating class of 2012, “Choose a career that you have a passion for and that you will love. Otherwise, you will live an unhappy life.”

By Staff Writer Sarah Takhar