Monica Dimson

Class: 2012

Graduated with a French minor in 2012
Monica is a Staff Research Associate, University of California Cooperative Extension (UC Agriculture and Natural Resources) She says, "Since I currently work for a weed scientist and an entomologist, the utility of my second language is not immediately apparent. I rarely speak French now, but I didn't necessarily study it, at SSU or in France, for its utility. I studied it to diversify my skills, to exercise different communicative and creative faculties--i.e., because I love variety. Some streak of French culture still colors my perspective and adds to the wholeness that I'm always looking for. It is not a daily part of my life or my occupation, but it did save my boss a trip to Google Translate when he couldn't read a packet of French pumpkin seeds."