Laura Holden has been at San Joaquin Memorial since the fall of 2019. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English Literature from CSU Fresno and holds a PhD in Educational Policy from Michigan State University. Laura is the English Department Chair, the moderator of the Adaptive Sports and Abilities Club, and a co-moderator of the SJM chapter of the National Honors Society. What she enjoys the most about teaching at Memorial are her students, who manage to be cooperative, independent minded, and funny all at once.