Candidate for
Board Member; Modesto City Schools; 4 Year Term

My husband Robert and I have made Modesto our home for 19 years. Robert is a family physician with Cornerstone Family Practice. Of our three children, one teaches English abroad, one attends UCLA, and the youngest is still a student in Modesto schools. After earning a B.S. Degree and certification in Occupational Therapy, I worked in the Bay area and Los Angeles before serving as a school volunteer and on the Board of Education. I have served as School Board President since December 2002. In addition to being an active parent, I currently volunteer in numerous community organizations, including Parent Institute for Quality Education, the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, and the School Attendance and Review Board.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
• Parent Institute for Quality Education, Board
• United Way Host Committee, "Power of the Purse"
• School Attendance and Review Board, MCS
• League of Women Voters
• Sober Graduation Bash Committee, Modesto High School
• Academic and sports Boosters, Modesto High School
• Volunteer, church youth
• Friends of the Salida Regional Library, founding member

• Leadership Modesto Class Graduate
• California Joint Committee on Preparing California for the *21st Century Advisory Team
• Rotary Read-in
• Kiwanis Field Games
• California Academic Decathlon, test proctor and judge
• Reading tutor, Stanislaus Literacy Center
• Health Education Committee, Modesto City Schools
• Volunteer, First Annual "Neighbors in Health" free Health Clinic
• Volunteer, Great American Cleanup
• Read Across America

• Modesto Suzuki Association
• Fremont Open Plan Public School Parent Association