Leobardo Guerra

I started my photographic training at Central Texas College in the Austin campus. When CTC closed down and ACC begun, I was one of the first students in our Photographic Program. I am a graduate of the ACC Photographic Technology Department. My professional photography work outside of the photo department was in wedding and portrait photography. Before I started working at Austin Community College I worked for a local professional commercial photographer as a lab technician. I started working at ACC as a Technical Staff Assistant one year after the college opened. I have taught Fundamentals of Photography and the Technical Darkroom classes (now called Color Photography) here at ACC since 1980. I want the students to strive beyond mediocrity in their class and also in their work place. If a student feels pride in the work they do at school, they will also learn to feel that pride out in their real world. The atmosphere that I want for my students is one in which they can feel free to come to me whenever they need my help. My students are very important to me, not only am I teaching them something, but I also learn from students. I sometimes learn what is important in their lives and that helps me relate to them.