SLO Review

San Luis Obispo County's Connection to Arts and Culture

Deborah Bayles & Stacey Hunt

Deborah Bayles, a third-generation California native, has called SLO her home since 2007. She has had multiple lives as an elementary school reading teacher, software support analyst, marketing director, Santa Fe art gallery owner, Internet entrepreneur, real estate broker, textbook author, worldwide speaker/lecturer, adjunct university professor, geriatric care manager, and licensed psychotherapist. She teaches digital commerce at Cuesta College and psychology courses for University of Massachusetts, Global, and maintains a thriving online therapy practice. Stacey Hunt is the co-author of three books for paralegals and currently teaches in the paralegal programs at Cuesta College and Fresno City College. She served on the board of the Foundation for San Luis Obispo County Public Libraries and is a past board president of the California Alliance of Paralegal Associations, the Central Coast Paralegal Association, and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. She is a co-founder and CEO of Ecologistics, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based environmental and social justice nonprofit.