Erika joined SNBC in December 2007 after graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 2007 with a degree in Business Management Economics. She is also a proud alumna of Lowell High School in San Francisco and attended graduate school at San Francisco State University, where she completed the Multiple Subject Credential Program in 2009 and now holds a CA Teaching Credential. Prior to joining SNBC, Erika spent an amazing summer abroad in Beijing, China where she took Intensive Language Courses in Mandarin. She is also fluent in conversational Cantonese. She is passionate about teaching, her hometown, San Francisco, and dessert.