Corinna Guerrero is lecturer at Santa Clara University and Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at American Baptist Seminary of the West. She is also a Ph.D. Candidate in Biblical Studies at Graduate Theological Union. Guerrero earned a B.A. in Comparative Religious Studies from San José State University and M.A. in Biblical Languages from Graduate Theological Union and Jesuit School of Theology. She can be found online at her page on Academia.edu or on Twitter.

How did you decide to become a biblical scholar? Share your autobiographical journey.

It wasn’t until actually doing the jobs of a biblical scholar that I was certain I wanted to be one. I have been blessed with the best advisor and mentor a woman could ask for, LeAnn Snow Flesher, Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, a consortial member school of the Graduate Theological Union. She took me under her wing very early in my doctoral studies as a junior scholar, a teaching assistant, and as a mentee. I credit Dr. Flesher with my decision to become a biblical scholar. More→