A 26-yr Army veteran who taught Environmental Science and Geology for 11 yrs, her research interests include Sustainability, Environmental Security, Near-Surface Geophysics, Geoscience Education, & Infrastructure Resilience

Jeong is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator of Korean and Korean diasporic cinema, literature, popular culture, theatre and performance.

Ruiz is a stage director focused on new and contemporary plays. MFA Theatre: UC-San Diego.