Marlene Duran has been teaching for 9 years. She has been teaching Secondary Science at Pikes Peak Prep since 2008. She also has experience in the elementary classroom as a 5th grade teacher. She graduated from McPherson College with a B.S. degree in Biology. Despite her intention to pursue a degree in music, she quickly became interested in and starting running the Chemistry labs on campus. It was during that time that she found an interest in research. Upon graduation, she entered the University of Southern Colorado where she pursued her graduate coursework in Applied Natural Science with a focus on Biochemistry (MS-ANS). She served as a graduate research associate and during her tenure was a presenter at the MBRS-MARC Symposium in Nashville, TN and the FASEB Convention in Atlanta, GA as well as authored an abstract entitled, “The Biosynthesis of heme a in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” After many years in the research field, Ms. Duran began to consider a career in teaching. She received her teaching credentials from Western State College. As a teacher, she has had the opportunity to serve on many district assessment committees and was appointed to the Superintendant’s Leadership Committee in Harrison School District. Ms. Duran strives to uphold students to high academic standards and hopes to instill her love of science into her students as well as provide them with a well-developed knowledge of the three areas of science- Life, Physical, and Earth. She currently sponsors the Science Club at Pikes Peak Prep where the main focus is career exploration in the fields of science. Her philosophy and passion about science and education can be summed up in one quote- “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ms. Duran continues her passion for music as a clarinetist.
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