My name is Haley Draper-Bowers. To give you a little background about myself, I was born in El Tigre, Venezuela and my family lived in different parts of the world until we moved to the United States in 1988.  I attended high school and junior college in Roswell, New Mexico (no little green aliens, I promise).  During that time I enjoyed visiting Ruidoso, NM and the surrounding areas with friends. There are many fun things to do in New Mexico but I always wanted to live in Texas.

I transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX in 1996 as an Honor's student and earned my Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts; both in Communication Studies.  I went to several home football games and even lost my voice once rooting for the team!! =)  I lived in Lubbock for over ten years; teaching communication classes such as Public Speaking and Business and Professional Communication at Texas Tech.  I moved to Dallas for a year to work for Department of Justice at the Office of the Inspector General. We performed job audits and wrote reports for the government. I also worked at a non-profit environmental organization called ICASALS (International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies).  This non-profit organization focused on international water issues and environmental science.  We worked with geologists and professors from the Middle East, Africa and South America in an attempt to streamline academic efforts with funding from governments and business initiatives.  Our main goal was to improve the education and resources for other organizations that wanted to help developing countries provide clean water to people.

My husband and I married and left for Missouri in 2006 where he had accepted a teaching assignment. We enjoyed living in that beautiful state for two years and decided to come back home to Texas in 2008. With over ten years of experience teaching college level communication courses I now work for Odessa College in Odessa, Texas.  My husband (Dean) also teaches college for Odessa College.  He has his PhD in English so he teaches Composition, Literature and Fiction courses.  I keep busy teaching communication classes and running the Speech and Debate Team with Mr. Jeremy Sanchez.  I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of students' academic experience and that I have variety in my teaching assignments. Education was a natural choice for me since I have always had a passion for life-long learning and I try to pass that along to my students.  Also, I am the mother of four cats and I love animals. I am a member of the Odessa College Ecology Action Committee that is helping Odessa College go green and promoting good environmental management at our campus.

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