Candidate for
Member; Santa Clara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

AWARDS

• SCC Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Good Neighbor award, 2004
• SCC Bar Association & ProBono Project award, 1998
• Restorative Justice (NAB) award, 1999
• Milpitas Executive Lions Club award, 2002-2003
• SJSU/Filipino Chamber of Commerce Gear UP Youth Mentor award, 2000
• Milpitas Police & Community Seminar certificate award, 2003
• SCC BRIC award for Sunnyhills Improvement Assoc., 1994
• Milpitas Historical Society award, 2005
• Hispanic Development Corp. "Portraits of Success" award, 2008

• Co-Founder of Sunnyhills Neighborhood Improvement Association, 1992
• Founder of C.O.M.O Coalition of Multicultural Organizations, 2008
• Successfully advocated for naming a room at the new Milpitas Library in honor of Cesar E. Chavez
• Successfully advocated for safe street improvements with VTA, city engineering department & Caltrans

• Milpitas North Little League Team mom, 1992, Weller School site Council, 1992, Russell Middle school site council, 1994, Spangler School Site Council member & PTA mom 1986-1987
• M.U.S.D (DLAC) District Language Advisory Council, 1990
• SCC Human Relations youth prevention on nonviolence, 2004
• Relay for Life Volunteer, 2003

• CTA- California Teachers Association, 1995- present
• AFT- American Federation of Teachers, 1996-present
• NEA National Educators Association, 1996-present
• United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County, 1992-1994
• Milpitas Chamber of Commerce, 2003-present
• Milpitas Historical Society, 1992- present
• Black Caucus of Milpitas, 1992-1994
• California Democratic Party Latino Caucus, 2008
• Friends of the Milpitas Library, 1999-2000
• SCV Water Dist. Advisory Committee, 2001-present
• SCC Open Space Authority Advisory Committee, 2000-2007
• Bay Area Legal Aid Board of Directors, 1996-2006
• Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County, 1991-1996
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley, 2004- present
• AFL-CIO United Farmer Workers member, 1971
• First Five Child Steering Committee, 2002-2004
• Live the Dream Foundation of Silicon Valley, 2008
• AAUW American Association of University Women, 2002-2007
• Santa Clara Reading Council, 1999-present
• Santa Clara County Office of Education M.U.S.D Board Rep. 2008