Alicia Edquist Bio

Alicia Edquist has been a part of the Cerritos College journalism program since Fall 2001. She is a classified employee and has worked as the Instructional Lab Technician I for the journalism program since January 2006. She oversees the journalism lab, assists faculty during courses and assists with the student media outlet Talon Marks.
While attending Cerritos College after high school, she joined the Talon Marks newspaper in Fall 2001 and her first memory of being a journalist involved her working on the Talon Marks during 9/11. During her time on Talon Marks, she served in several editor capacities including editor in chief in spring 2003.
She is an alumna of Cerritos College graduating in Spring 2005 with her AA degree in journalism and she received her BS in Christian Ministry in Fall 2011 from Hope International University.
Alicia graduated with her M.A. in New Media Journalism at Full Sail University in 2013. Alicia has taught Multimedia Reporting, Beginning Newswriting, Mass Media & Society and Intro to Broadcasting.
On campus she has served as a member of the shared governance Committee on Safety and Committee on Student Life as well as Student Events Collaborative and Civic Engagement workgroups. She also is a graduate of the Falcon Leadership Academy.
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