Mr. and Ms. Fuenmayor are father and daughter and both currently teaching at Downey High School. Ms. Cassie Fuenmayor is currently a substitute, for Ms. Kasner, who majored in English in college, and her father is an American history teacher.
Q1: Do you like working together?
A1: [Ms. Fuenmayor]: Yeah, it’s great, I really enjoy it.
[Mr. Fuenmayor]: Yeah, it’s nice having her around more.
Q2: Has your new position allowed you to spend more time together?
A2: [Ms. Fuenmayor]: Sometimes we spend lunch or snack together. We see each other around a lot more.
[Mr. Fuenmayor]: We see each other around but we both have work
Q3: Is it a coincidence that you two are working together or did you plan to work in the same district?
A3: [Ms. Fuenmayor]: We didn’t plan it necessarily, it’s just something that happened.
[Mr. Fuenmayor]: Well, people knew her because she went to school here and Mr. Houts really liked her and decided it’d be nice for her to work here.
Q4: Did you always want to be a teacher or did your dad influence your decision on your career?
A4: [Ms. Fuenmayor]: Both my parents have been really influential, watching them and how happy they are when they teach.
Q5: Does being in the same district strengthen your father-daughter relationship?
A5: [Ms. Fuenmayor]: Well, in some ways, but we don’t bond much here because we’re both working.
[Mr. Fuenmayor]: I don’t think it has that much of an effect on our father-daughter relationship.