About The Team     Home     About The Magazine     Contact Us      
Angela C     Arthur     Chanel     Cozette     Dawn     Ernie     Krista     Mikey     Nilda     Robin     Ron     Shelli      
 Nilda Andrews 
 
Well Traveled, Well Educated and Talented 
 
Nilda Andrews is outgoing, fun, and passionate about film, theater, art and the performing arts.  She was born in Manhattan but grew up in San Francisco so has east/west coast sensibilities, although she remembers at the tender age of 6 how unsophisticated San Francisco seemed.  Now having traveled to England, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, and most recently to Argentina, she can think of nowhere else to live except the San Francisco Bay Area.
 
Career/Education
 
Nilda has a Master’s Degree from San Francisco State University in English (TESOL) and a B.A. in Liberal Arts with a minor in Sociology from California East Bay University.  She currently teaches at the College of Marin and Solano Community College.  Previously she spent 20+ years in the legal field as a paralegal and attorney education administrator.  She enjoyed working with young aspiring attorneys, but now as a college instructor, she says it’s the dream of a lifetime to be teaching.
 
Interests
 
She is a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer for at-risk kids.  She feels this is an important opportunity to help those kids who do not have the advantages that others have.  It is one way of giving back to the community.  “It is a very rewarding experience to see a child blossom emotionally and help fulfill their aspirations,” she recounts.
 
Nilda's Top Ten Songs
 
 
Physical fitness is important to Nilda and you can find her sweating but not to the oldies on a spinning bike three times a week and doing heavy breathing while doing yoga poses or lifting weights the rest of the week.
Other interests include her love of foreign and independent films as well as impressionist art, ballet and the symphony.  She enjoys biographical and historical fiction, which she relates “transports you to another reality.”  She is now dabbling with acting and writing a memoir of her experiences while growing up both in Manhattan and in the Haight Ashbury---before it became the infamous Haight.

 

Editor's Note


Nilda has a wonderful sense of humor and an interesting way with words. Her columns make you think and chuckle at the same time.  She has so many different activities she chooses to do in her life--she truly lives a passionate and delight filled life--by design.  An inspiration to me.
   ~Dawn