Galvin Deleon Guerrero, or Dr. G as he is called, is the president of Northern Marianas College and has dedicated his life to education. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Puget Sound, a Master of Arts degree in School Administration from the University of San Francisco, a certificate in digital filmmaking from New York University, and an education doctorate in organizational change leadership from the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. 

For over two decades, he has served in many educational policy positions, including the state Board of Education for the Northern Mariana Islands, the Board of Regents for Northern Marianas College, and as an education adviser for the Office of the Governor in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. He has also served in numerous educational leadership positions in K-12 and post-secondary institutions, including vice principal, principal, director of institutional development, director of institutional effectiveness, accreditation liaison officer, and school president. Along the way, he has continued to teach high school and college courses in Speech and Debate, AP English Literature, AP US History, and AP US Politics and Government. As a scholar, he has also made an impact in academia, with work at the Marianas History Conference, the University of Guam Sustainability Conference, and his doctoral research on prior learning assessment.

Over the years, Dr. G has also coached and mentored hundreds of students in theatre, film, speech, debate, and mock trial. With Mount Carmel School’s Theatre Club, he has produced over 50 stage and film productions ranging from plays by William Shakespeare, Disney musicals, to original scripts. These productions included award-winning films that have been featured in film festivals around the world, such as the “We Drank Our Tears” anthology that tells the stories of indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian civilians surviving during the World War II battles on Saipan. In speech, debate, and mock trial, he has coached 16 winners in the Attorney General’s Cup Speech Competition and nine winning teams in the CNMI Mock Trial Competition.

For all his accomplishments, Dr. G has also been recognized with many awards, including distinction in the Who’s Who organization, nominations for both the Rhodes and Marshall fellowships, three separate awards from the Northern Mariana Islands Humanities Council, and the Saipan Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Year Award. Last but not least, Dr. G is a devoted family man who is full of love and pride for his wife, Velma, and his three children, Victoria, William, and Mary Shelley.

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