Carey Lin is enjoying her 9^th year as a secondary school counselor.  As a product of the ABC Unified School District (Mary Bragg Elementary, Whitney High School), Miss Lin is committed to the academic excellence of all students and has a special place in her heart for the diverse Cerritos community.   For undergraduate school, she attended UCLA and majored in Sociology.  2 years after graduating from college, she completed her Masters of Science in Counseling at CSULB in addition to earning a Pupil Personnel Services credential.  Grateful for her excellent education, Carey secured a job at Garden Grove Unified as an Intermediate School Counselor and devoted herself to the academic and personal/social well-being of her students.  She spent 5 years working in Garden Grove Unified, receiving invaluable training working with at-risk students and coordinating the AVID program in addition to providing comprehensive guidance services to all students.  She also served one year as the Intermediate School Counselor Union Representative.   This 2010-2011 school year, Carey Lin has the unique opportunity to serve two schools, Caremenita Middle School and Cerritos High School.  At Cerritos High School she serves as the Freshman Counselor, working hard to ensure that freshman students transition smoothly into the Cerritos High School family.  Miss Lin enjoys traveling, eating in hole in the wall restaurants, and playing tennis and Guitar Hero.  Her hobbies include playing the guitar, tennis, and reading.

"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts."
-- C. S. Lewis

there are days (that sometimes lead me into weeks and months) where my faith feels so weak that all i want to do is compromise.  when people question me about faith in God, blessings, and moral standards, i am out of answers.  and when i write "answers" i mean good answers: answers that have power and give life, a meaningful stringing together of ideals, ideologies, and passion that tell of Jesus.  my conclusion here is that i am not righteous..and my life doesn't help the words stand up with umph.

but then on other days, i remember who i am: the fat, little girl who was rescued into a beautiful, abundant life and charged with the task of sharing that with people around me.  and i remember that my righteousness doesn't depend on me, it was bestowed on me by Jesus and the sacrifice of his life for me.  when i remember this, i can barely bunch my pants up fast enough to keep from tripping before my heart has already leapt from my chest and my spirit has charged forth to meet my God where His love is dwelling and working, clinging on to him in anticipation for the ride that is about to ensue. 

my waivering heart.
now you see it.