Lina Garcia Kosko credits her sister’s deafness for leading her to Northern Essex’s Deaf Studies Program and Northern Essex for helping her find balance in her life.
“At Northern Essex I learned to set priorities, have …

Daniel Peters found that Northern Essex was the best place for him to balance farming, fastballs, first-graders, and the fundamentals of a college education.
The 20-year-old Salem, NH, resident graduated in May 2014 with an associate …

When Jody Carson was nine, the budding educator taught preschool to her two younger siblings. Today, this NECC professor teaches others to teach preschool.
“Teaching was a natural fit for me,” says the Early Childhood Education professor. “I …

NECC’s Jill Becker is a nurse’s nurse –a practicing nurse for nearly 40 years the Andover resident has been sharing her experiences and knowledge with nursing students for the last 25 years.
It could be said …

Lessons in criminal justice came early to NECC Professor Magdalena Suarez-Shannon whose childhood soundtrack was of gunfire in the streets of her native Cuba.
Suarez-Shannon was just a little girl when her family fled Cuba when, …

Adjunct faculty member Dustin Rollins believes curiosity is the foundation of philosophy and philosophy is the foundation to a successful life.
Rollins, who begins his seventh year teaching philosophy at NECC, himself came to philosophy by …

Twenty-six years after teaching her first basic computer course, Dr. Ethel Schuster of Andover, is still teaching classes in the ever-evolving field of computer and information science (CIS), from applications to programming to security and …

If he isn’t on the water or in the water, then marine biologist and natural science professor Dr. Ken Thomas is teaching about the water and its countless inhabitants.
While he also teaches introduction to biology …

If the new director of Northern Essex’s library services were a book, his title might be “Mike Hearn: Renaissance Man”.
This social worker turned librarian turned archivist turned author and historian replaced Linda Hummel-Shea, who retired …

Dr. Noemi Custodia-Lora says she just might need to invest in a new pair of sneakers.
The sneakers, jokes NECC’s new director of the Lawrence campus and community relations, will keep her comfortable as she visits …