Mayuree Leelahatorn

Mayuree arrived to Santa Barbara in 1980 from London, and graduated from the Hotel Restaurant Management program at SBCC (presently SCAHM) in 1982. She worked in the private sector for a few years and thrived. She then was hired at SBCC as a Lab Teaching Assistant for a course that had the students work for United Airlines 1985. After a year assisting with the course, she was assigned to de Baked Shop where she continued to teach until her retirement in 2020. “She was a pastry chef extraordinaire” loved by all her students and staff.  She served both as a classified employee and an adjunct professor. Her legacy will live on in students, friends, family and coworkers whose lives were positively impacted by her.