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This information is provided by the candidate
 
ORGANIZATIONS
 
 
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP)
 
 - South Pasadena Teachers Association (TASP)
 
 - National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) of Greater Pasadena
 
 - The Network for Public Education (NPE)
 
 - United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA)
   
INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENTS
Education & Community Leaders: 
 
- Gretchen Robinette- Retired SPHS Teacher & Librarian; Woman of the Year (2012) 29th Congressional District.
 
 - James "Jim" Aprato- Mathematics Teacher at South Pasadena High School for 39 years (retired).
 
 - Carol Evans- SPHS Retired Teacher.
 
 - Laura Sharpe- Parent, Teacher, Small Business Owner and South Pasadena Resident.
 
 - Heather Hinton- South Pasadena resident, Senior Citizens advocate and Access advocate.
 
 - Dr. Flora Abrahamian- Physician at Huntington Medical Foundation.
   
Elected Officials: 
- Victor Robinette- Former South Pasadena City Treasurer.
 
 - Monica Ratliff- School Board Member, LAUSD.
 
 - Liz Vazquez- School Board Member, National School District.
   
Education Experts: 
- Dr. Stephen Krashen-  Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California (USC), world renowned educator contributing to the fields of second-language acquisition, bilingual education, and reading.
 
 - Dr. Ernest Morrell-Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA & Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
 
 - Dr. Denise Pacheco- Director of the Writing Success Program at UCLA.
 
 - Dr. Benji Cheng- UCLA & Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
 
 - Dr. Arpi Mardirossian- Professor of Mathematics at University of Southern California (USC).
 
 - Dr. La Mont Terry- Professor of Mathematics Education at Occidental College.
 
 - Dr. Tracy Buenavista- Associate Professor of Education and Asian American Studies, California State University, Northridge.
 
 - Dr. Dimpal Jain-  Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University, Northridge.
 
 - Dr. Shirin Vossoughi- Post Doctoral Fellow at San Francisco Exploratorium and Stanford University School of Education.
 
 - Dr. Tina Trujillo-Assistant Professor of Education at University of California, Berkeley.
 
 - Dr. Zitlali Morales- Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
 
 - Dr. Daniel Liou- Assistant Professor of Education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.
 
 - Dr. Lauren Anderson- Assistant Professor of Education at Connecticut College.
 
 - Dr. Arshad Ali- John Adams Research Fellow, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
 
 - Dr. Dolores Calderon- Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Utah.
 
 - Dr. Melanie Bertrand- Assistant Professor of Education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.
 
 - Dr. Cueponcaxochitl Dianna Moreno Sandoval- Post Doctoral Scholar in Education at Arizona State University.
 
 - Dr. Mouna Mana-  Language Education Specialist at the National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland.
 
 - Dr. Tyson Marsh- Assistant Professor of Education at the University of New Mexico.
 
 - Dr. Cheryl E. Matias- Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at University of Colorado Denver.
 
 - Dr. Stan Johnson-  Founding Principal at 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Community School in Oakland California.
 
 - Dr. Rosa Jimenez- Assistant Professor of Education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.
 
 - Dr. Adai Tefera- Educational Research Specialist at Arizona State University.
 
 - Dr. Danny Martinez- Assistant Professor of Adolescent Literacy at UC Davis.
 
 - Dr. María C. Ledesma- Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, University of Utah.
 
 - Dr. Rita Kohli- Assistant Professor of Education at San Jose State University.
 
 - Dr. Ramón Martínez- Assistant Professor of Language & Literacy Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
 
 - Dr. Jen Petersen- Principal of Petersen Consulting, supporting initiatives to make cities more livable, sustainable and equitably profitable.
  
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