Excel, Word, Access…
Photoshop, DreamWeaver…
Business Writing, Time Management…
You’ll find it all here at OfficeStar. Choose the date that best fits your schedule.
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Larritha co-founded OfficeStar with Paul, in 2002. Born and raised in Watsonville, Larritha also owns the DataWest Group, which offers MAS 90 and MAS 200 Accounting software and support.

Paul is in charge of day-to-day operations for OfficeStar. Very active in the community, he is a Past President of the Salinas Jaycees and serves on the Executive team for the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Alex helps ensure your delight with your OfficeStar experience by overseeing all of our instructors and facilities. A man of many talents and great humility, Alex has an informal student fan club.

Kate owns that smiling voice you hear when you call OfficeStar. She handles student enrollments and also teaches the Medical Assistant program, where she calls on her vast work experience "from another lifetime."

Jose teaches career retraining programs as well as one-day classes for our business clients. A certified Microsoft Master, Jose's patience has been described as "zen-like."

The world is blessed to have Paula in it, and we're doubly-fortunate to have her on our team. She's a rare mix of creative artistry (she's a professional graphic designer) and technical wizardry (she teaches many of our advanced classes, including VBA).

Every workday, Rose descends from her home in the mountains of Santa Cruz to help run our Santa Cruz office. She is a gifted teacher who knows how to adjust her instructional methods to fit students' different learning styles.

A relatively recent addition to the OfficeStar family, Krystlyn teaches our Web and Graphics classes. Her positive personality is infectious, which you'll experience first-hand if you take any of her classes.

Cora is one of the rocks that creates OfficeStar's solid foundation. Cora helps solve your invoicing questions and much more. If there were awards for attention to detail, she'd definitely win one!

Horacio oversees our IT infrastructure and helps our technical training students. His life in tech includes an impressive resumé of IT accomplishments.

Mark holds the distinguished title of “Microsoft Certified Trainer.” Add his pleasant personality and ample charm to Mark’s deep software knowledge, and you’ve got the recipe for a great teacher!
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