Sharon, a third-generation San Josean, holds a bachelors degree from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. In 2008, she retired after 23 years as a program manager at Apple and began working at the Institute, where she had been taking classes since 2000. She designs our ads, newsletters, and other marketing collateral; plans, coordinates, and analyzes Institute programs for market potential; and manages the Institute Scholarship Program.