Becoming a teacher, much less a community college president, was never Linda Rose’s plan. But when a professor at Cal State Dominguez Hills mentioned to the talkative Compton native and working mother of two boys that she should consider teaching, she started to think about it. “All it takes is for that one instructor to plant a seed in your brain,” Santa Ana College’s new president said. “[My career] started with a teacher saying, ‘You’re good at this.’” After returning to school in her late 30s, Rose earned three academic degrees in six years and started teaching English at Cerritos … Continue reading Meet SAC’s New President, Linda Rose