Welcome to Cabrillo. I've been teaching English courses full time at our college since 2000. My Master of Arts degree is in English, Teaching of Composition, from San Francisco State University. I am a native New Yorker from the city of Flushing in the borough of Queens. My hobbies include playing chess, playing guitar, collecting baseball cards (primarily New York Mets). My work at Cabrillo has also included being the past department chair of Journalism and teaching the newspaper production courses.
Please reach out to me for help and from all our wonderful support services at Cabrillo. We are here to help you succeed, so building community is a key step to our general well being and to engage regularly and successfully with our academic studies. If you have questions, please email me at dasheftm@cabrillo.edu.
Office Hours:
FALL '25:
ENGL-C1000 section 06 Aptos Campus: Every Monday in room 451 A from 12:50-2:00 pm.
ENGL-C1000 section 12 Aptos Campus: Every Wednesday in room 451 A from 12:50-2:00 pm.
ENGL-C1001 section 06 asynchronous online in Canvas: Every Tuesday 11:00-12:10 pm. Schedule via Canvas inbox message a 20 minute meeting during office hour time at least one day prior.
ENGL-C1001 section 09 asynchronous online in Cavnas: Every Thursday 11:00-12:10 pm. Schedule via Canvas inbox message a 20 minute meeting during office hour time at least one day prior.