Cornerstone No. 188, page 16
Introducing … Hector & Marie Herrera
My wife, Marie, and I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, California and attended the same schools from our primary years into high school. Many people are surprised to hear that we have known each other since we were 8 years old, and although we weren’ t very fond of each other at that young age, we grew close in high school. We were each other’ s best friend and after 3 years became boyfriend and girlfriend. That was almost 8 years ago and of those eight years, we have been happily married for two. After high school, Marie and I went to different universities that were still close to each other. I attended the research institution of University of California, Irvine and received my bachelor’ s degree in Logic and Philosophy of Science with a minor in Political Science. Marie attended Chapman University, a small private university in Orange, California. There she developed an interest in educational research and teaching. She graduated with a bachelor’ s degree in Integrated Educational Studies and received two minors, one in English Literature and the second in Language and Literacy. From there she went on to pursue her passion in teaching and attended the University of California, Irvine to receive her Master of Arts in Teaching and teaching credential. Throughout her master and credential program, she served for a year in bilingual elementary schools, teaching primarily in Spanish. Shortly after Marie graduated from her Master’ s program and I finished my year of teaching math and science at Scale Academy, we got married and road tripped across the United States to New Jersey where I would begin my Master’ s in Divinity program. I am just finished my second year of graduate work and will have one more year once I return from Lausanne. There are two main theological thinkers that I have focused in on are St. Augustine and Bartolome De Las Casas. We have fallen in love with the East Coast, especially considering the fact that it was our first time experiencing all four seasons! We love our Christian community and beloved friends.