By Brenda Fong
We want to introduce you to Ms. Oranit Limmaneerasert. Oranit has been at American River College for almost twenty years and has taught at the University of Hawaii and in Thailand. Since 2017, Professor Limmaneerasert has served as the faculty union president at ARC.

Oranit was born and raised in a very traditional Chinese family in Udonthani, Thailand. She did not arrive in this country until her early thirties. Coming from a very traditional family, Oranit’s mother felt her daughter should prepare for an arranged marriage.
But Oranit worked hard and progressed beyond. She saved money for her undergraduate education, received various scholarships, and taught full time while attending graduate school. See eventually earned her PhD. Oranit says: “My life is a Cinderella story, and I am deeply grateful for it.”

She loves to travel, meeting people from different cultures, and swimming in the ocean.  So far, she has visited over thirty countries.

Oranit first learned about CACS from Honey Lum during last July 4th’s “Golden Spike March” at Dutch Flat, and has worked on a project with Douglas Hsia. With the advocacy work that she has been doing, she decided to join CACS to support our work. Oranit would also like to build a strong relationship between the Asian educators in Sacramento and CACS.
On behalf of our Foundation and the Council, we welcome Oranit Limmaneerasert!