Western Region Representatives
Kayla Castro Western region representative Carteret Community College Adjunct Sociology Instructor |
My name is Kayla Castro. I have been teaching in the NC Public school system for 13 years. I am currently serving as a District Leadership Coach in Henderson County Public Schools. I have a BS in Elementary Education with a K-5 General Education license and an ESL license from Campbell University. I have an MA in Sociology from Fayetteville State University, an HBCU. I also have a Master's in School Administration from ECU. I have been teaching as an adjunct instructor at Carteret Community College for 5 years. I am a believer in continuous improvement and learning! I have been married to my husband for 13 years. I live in the beautiful mountains of Western NC. I enjoy reading and spending time with my family.
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I am from and live in the mountains of North Carolina. I started my academic journey at Wilkes Community College when I was a high school student. I finished with an A.A. degree and transferred to East Tennessee State University where I was a history major and sociology minor. I graduated with my Bachelor of Social Science degree and started working on my Master of Arts in Sociology. My graduate research and thesis were on Single Mothers and Religiosity, looking at many different ways single mothers use religion in their lives. After graduation I became a Sociology Instructor for the same school that gave me my start, Wilkes Community College. I was an adjunct for seven years when I began my graduate work in Psychology. Some of this work was done at Appalachian State University where I found great interest in research on mindfulness. I began adopting the practice of mindfulness during this time and still use it regularly. I became the lead instructor of Psychology and Sociology at WCC and did that role for two years before accepting a full-time lecturer position in Sociology at Appalachian State University. I still adjunct for WCC every semester. I love Psychology but Sociology and Social Psychology are my true passion.
Outside of academics I am a mother to a 2-year-old and 5-year-old sons. I enjoy anytime I can be at the coast, sitting on the beach. I love to paddle board on the lake or in the ocean and go on nature walks. I also have a guilty pleasure of romance/thriller novels. |
Natalie Sheets Psychology & Sociology Instructor Wilkes Community College |