Priscilla graduated from California State College Northridge and received her M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas and her Ph.D. from Northwestern. She was raised in Peru, and was a volunteer in the Peace Corps in 1962-1963 during its beginning stages.
She was a professor in the Department of Education at the University of California Santa Cruz from 1998 to 2005, and a Principal Investigator with the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE). Prior to that she was a consultant for 14 years with the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing and the consultant assigned to develop the Multiple Subjects Bilingual Cross-cultural Academic Development Emphasis Teacher Training Credential Program in 1994 at California State University, Monterey Bay. She also was Statewide Consultant and Coordinator of the Bilingual Teacher Training Programs and worked on Class Size Reduction under California Superintendent for Public Schools, Delaine Eastin. She was the editor of Multicultural Perspectives, The Magazine of the National Association for Multicultural Education and the founding editor of Multicultural Education Magazine.
Priscilla has lived in the Village since 1987, and has been president of the White Oaks Home Owner's Association since 2001. She was President, Democratic Women of Monterey County 2008-2012, and is a current member of the County Democratic Central Committee and the League of Women Voters. In Davis, her community activities included the Board of Directors of the Davis Rural Land Trust and a three year term as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Davis. She is married to John Walton a Sociologist retired from the University of California at Davis.
The Walton's have two grandchildren who live with their daughter Casey and her husband Eric in Sacramento. They have a fourteen year old golden retriever named Murphy who was born and raised in Carmel Valley. You can catch them walking through the village every morning.
