Cordero, Juanita

Juanita Cordero has an MA in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, a Master’s in Theology and a Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis in Feminist Pastoral Studies from Global Ministries University.  Ten years as a Sister of the Holy Names sent her into the first -grade classroom.  After  leaving the convent she returned to teaching. For twenty years she taught labor /delivery classes at Kaiser Hospital as a nurse. She then returned to teaching for another twenty years at De Anza College in Cupertino, California in the Child Development/Education Department, and served as a nurse for the Children’s Center.  Her present ministries include teaching scripture, alternative healing, visiting the sick and elderly and celebrating liturgies.  She now pastors a zoom church, the Magdala Catholic Community, in Los Gatos, CA.  She and her husband Don (a former Jesuit, and a married priest) passed away in 2007) both raised five children and were involved in liturgy and music planning for more than 30 years.  She can be reached at: jdcordero@mac.com