- Occupation: Educator/Board Member
 - Served as an educator for 35 years, 16 as a board member
 - Established Valley Teacher Training Academy at CSUN--opening 2004
 - Established School Safety and Security Task Force to make LAUSD safer
 - Helped establish Kindergarten Intervention Program (KIP) for at-risk kids
 - Helped establish the five LAUSD Police Academies
 - Brought phonics back to the classroom--improving test scores citywide
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- I will fight to add 2,000 new police officers in the Valley
 - I will fight to stop the over-development of our rural areas
 - I will continue to fight to close the Sunshine Canyon Dump
  
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- Los Angeles School Police Officers Association
 - Los Angeles League Of Conservation Voters
 - Over 42,000 classroom teachers
  
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