- Occupation: Member, Alameda County Board of Education # 5
 - MA, French Literature
 - Life Teaching Credential, CA
 - Retired public school teacher
 - member: League of Women Voters
 - -California  Retired Teachers Association(CRTA)
 - -Hayward Chamber of Commerce
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- re-direct more  of  $37 million budget of the county office of education to direct service to students
 - reduce number and salaries of administrators and consultants of the Alameda County Office of Education
 - provide more services to children-at-risk in the county Juvenile Court and community schools
  
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- Congressman Pete Stark
 - Johan Klehs, former  member of state legislature & Board of Equilization
 - Cheryl Hightower,  & Augie Scornaienchi, former county superintendents
  
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- Bringing in the Public
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The duties and the very existence  of county offices of education are little known to the general public. Citizens  must be educated about this level of the education hierarachy  that exists between  the local school district and the State Department of Education (CDE)
  
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