Teacher Information for Diane Hubbard

phone number 623.445.3177 

email Diane.Hubbard@dvusd.org

Thanks for visiting the webpage for Diane Hubbard, chemistry teacher and department co-chair at Barry Goldwater High School.  I have lived in Arizona since 1976.  We moved here from Spain where my father had built a nuclear power plant.  We ended up in AZ so my father could build Palo Verde.  I am a 1980 graduate from Aqua Fria High School and went on to NAU.  I have been teaching for the past 20 years.  I began my teacher career here at Goldwater and have no plans on leaving (sorry if this disappoints anyone)! As a "youngster" I really had no plans to become an educator.  I was extremely interested in science and ended up with an extended degree in biology and a minor in chemistry.  With my biology degree I found myself taking on all sorts of interesting jobs.  As an example, I spent 4 months living on the rim of the Grand Canyon (alone) studying how aircraft affect the foraging patterns of the Big Horn sheep.  I then left for Alaska where I spent several months on a Japanese trawler 500 miles off the coast of Dutch Harbor in the Bering Sea. I was a foreign fisheries observer making sure our waters were not over-fished and that the crew was catching what they were suppose to. Once again I found myself working alone.  Not good for me being that I like people!  Finally I took on a job with Arizona Game and Fish where I spent time in the Grand Canyon studying fish in the Colorado River.  Although these jobs were incredible they were not satisfying.  I wanted to share my love for science with people!!  This is where teaching came in.  I returned to NAU for my teaching certification continued on to receive my masters degree and before I knew it I was teaching at Goldwater. This is the perfect "fit" for me and I am grateful for the opportunity I have each and every day!