Rebekah Borup
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Dr. Rebekah Borup considers herself a Colorado native (even though she was actually born in Washington DC. Shhhh…. I won’t tell if you don’t tell). She loves the Colorado mountains and will always have a foundness for home.
Jorge Ochoa
Professor, Horticulture
Jorge Ochoa was hired to teach Horticulture part-time in 2002 and since becoming a full-time faculty member in 2009, he has thrown himself into revitalizing the Horticulture program by tearing up the ground and taking a keen interest in the curriculum.
In addition to running the horticulture program with his amazing colleague Brian Hastie, Jorge is on many College committees including the Academic Senate Executive Team and Curriculum.
Morgan Roth
Assistant Professor, Life Sciences
Morgan has been at LBCC since 2018. She feels lucky to be a part of a culturally and intellectually rich community. The student have made her feel at home. Before LBCC, she worked at the University of Guam followed by part-time work at multiple community colleges in the Moneterey area. Morgan loves exploring the intricate cellular and systemic relationships that make life possible. Her graduate research studied the role of the gene parcas in mitochondrial morphology at the University of Californaia, San Diego.
Patti Valella
Assistant Professor, Life Sciences
Patti joined LBCC in Fall 2016. She has been teaching for over 30 years, with her initial appointment as an undergraduate teaching assistant at Michigan State University. Before coming to LBCC Patti taught Anatomy and Physiology, Biology for majors, Human Biology, Human Nutrition, and Biology for non-majors. At LBCC Patti teaches Human Anatomy, Human Biology, Human Biology Lab, Contemporary Biology, and soon to be teaching Biology for Science Majors.