Linda Coker attended University of California, San Diego, and graduated in 1979 with a degree in Linguistics from Muir College. Prior to enrolling in the MATC program, she worked at Xerox Corporation as a customer business representative. She then moved to DPT Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, as a technical writer, where she is still employed.

Linda went into the MATC program with a solid foundation and strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills. 

She selected this degree so she could gain further knowledge in technical writing, advance her career, and do research. As a student, she enjoyed the small classes and the interaction it allowed with the professors and students. Special assignments and outside projects were also a highlight for her because she was able to use computers and the Internet for research. 

She said this was a big change from her undergraduate days when she used a manual typewriter and numerous trips to the library to do her work!

As a technical writer for DPT Laboratories, she assembles technical information and uses it to write pharmaceutical protocols. A typical day consists of commuting to the DPT Laboratories office in downtown San Antonio from her New Braunfels home.  The environment is quiet, but sometimes intense, and includes frequent interactions with chemists, microbiologists, and project managers.

Linda currently sings in her church choir and two German choirs.

"I love the singing (wish I were better at it) and the camaraderie of the people. No hidden agendas, just folks who enjoy singing," said Linda.

Linda enjoys cooking for her husband and has two adult sons.