Candidate for
Governing Board Member; William S. Hart Union High School District

Experience

• Current Governing Board Member, William S. Hart Union High School District
• District Administrator, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Former teacher, counselor and administrator at middle, junior and high school levels
• Educational consultant specializing in school reform, charter schools, federal and state compliance audits
• Former adjunct professor for California State University, Los Angeles; Mission College and College of the Canyons
• Lifelong resident of Santa Clarita Valley and graduate of William S. Hart Union High School District
• Has served as secondary principal in the third largest school in the United States.
• Has served as teacher, counselor and administrator in some of the toughest and most socio-economic, ethnic and culturally diverse schools in the nation.

• Master of science degrees in school management and administration from Pepperdine University
• Bachelor of arts degree from California State University, Northridge
• Graduate of William S. Hart High School
• Masters in governance, California School Boards Association
• Trainer in cultural diversity
• Past member, Advisory Committee, Masters Degree Educational Administration Program, Pepperdine University

• Currently serving second four-year term as a publicly elected governing board member of the William S. Hart Union High School District
• Served as a publicly elected member of the governing board of the Castaic Union School District
• Elected Member, Castaic Town Council

• Executive Board of the City of Santa Clarita/Sheriff's Anti-Gang Task Force
• Board of Directors of the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club
• Past president and member of Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley, an international women's organization working to advance the status of women worldwide
• Executive Board of the Child and Family Center
• Board of Directors of the Prevention Policy Board of the Santa Clarita Valley, Office of Criminal Justice and Planning
• Past Board of Directors, Youth Project
• Co-Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Diversity, Wm. S. Hart School District
• Volunteer, Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer
• Executive Board, Fourth of July Parade and Parade Announcer
• Volunteer, SCV Senior Center Wine Classic
• Volunteer, Boys and Girls Club Annual Auction
• Founding President, Santa Clarita Valley Unit, American Cancer Society
• Volunteer, Healthy Woman's Day Screening, Samuel Dixon Clinic, Zonta Club
• Chair/ Member, Healthy Kids Club, Val Verde
• Youth Scholarship Committee, Association of Mexican American Administrators
• Former Member, Michael Hoefflin Foundation Advisory Board
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of America, Joshua Tree Council
• Past Steering Committee Member, Measure V and S, Hart District School Bond
• Founding Member, Castaic Town Council
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence

• Received first-annual 2004 Amistad Award, Individual Community Leader of the Year, Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Business Committee
• Nominated for 2005 Santa Clarita Valley Woman of the Year.
• Nominated for Zonta Woman of the Year
• Girl Scouts, awarded lifetime membership
• Recognized by federal, state and local legislators for outstanding volunteerism
• Educator of the Year, Hollywood Coordinating Council
• Nominated Educator of the Year, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Recipient, Ford Fellowship in Education
• Recognized by LAUSD Board of Education and spotlighted in a documentary by KLCS-TV for raising test scores and improving the school and community environment in a gang-controlled area