Candidate for
Trustee; Sacramento City Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

I would describe my leadership role in the following achieving a goal and motivating others to achieve life goals.

As a volunteer for The Corporation for National Service; I served as a VISTA, in the capacity as a Resident Services Coordinator, and Community Organizer for Rural California Housing. Working with residents to promote self sufficiency, Mercy Housing's Resident Services include: After-School and Summer Programs for Children GED and English Courses Financial Education Programs Health Classes Health Care Services for seniors. The organization is committed to building grassroots leadership and empowering participants in its self-help housing, multifamily housing, housing rehabilitation and community development programs. I worked with residents to support them in understand the importance of becoming involved in their community.

And for my second year of Community Service I served as Youth Development Services Coordinator for Mercy Housing. These to position were developed to promote civic engagement with a partnership with the federal government and the non profit agency to promote community development. As, Mercy Housing's Resident Services coordinator the integral part of the mission was through individual leadership training and workshops, resident help to create neighborhood association and neighborhood watch groups. These services include after-school and summer programs for children, financial education classes for adults and health care services for seniors. They provide our residents with opportunities, tools and resources to help them to stabilize their lives, develop economic self-sufficiency and become active participants in their communities. As the Coordinator Youth Development for Mercy housing, I worked to implement the after school program here in Sacramento working with community partners for acquiring computers and tutors with a partnership with Sacramento State College and the America Reads programs that allows students to volunteer to work in the after school program.

I presently serve as the Chair of the Sacramento City Unified School District citizen advisory committee for consolidated programs. As the Chair I work with our local school district officials to organize opportunity for parents to become involved in their children’s education.

I am a representative of California Association of Compensatory Education, and organization of which has hundreds of volunteers that organizes and host conferences for parents in local school districts. To provide and opportunity to participate in site based decision making for that local school to prepare all students with a quality education. As a resident of the State of California in the early 80’s Californian’s voted that they would have local governing board and the governing board representatives to insure that locally all children would have access to a quality education. Over time our local schools have faded away from parent involvement in the decision making process of crucial planning for the single plan for student achievement. Governing Board members must be aliened with Federal Policies and guidance from the United States of America Department of Education. As I see it’s critical for citizens to except responsibility of their civic responsibility to participate in our democratic process. Without continued civic involvement and the promotions all Americans we risk loosing our personal freedoms.

I presently serve as a Board member of the Alliance Board for Families and Community Partnership, under West Ed, as am member of the Alliance is planning opportunities for the development of Community and Families to participate in local school district in the State of California. This gives me and opportunity shares the voice of hundreds of CACE members in California. The California Association of Compensatory Education has many members in the State Of California, this is the one organization that still has out reach to parents and teachers and community's members that volunteer in the public educational school system. It is vital that relationship that must remain strong, in order to build capacity for the public education system. And as a strong advocate for the public education system I personally believe that it allows me opportunity to bring the voices of many parents and concerned citizens to the table.

I have lived in Sacramento since 1971, my father retired from the United State Air Force and Sacramento is where my parents decided to retire. I have three children and this has not been an easy job to raising children as a single parent. Though I consider my self to be a very successful parent. My children are 24, 21, and 11. My oldest son’s graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. I am also a graduate from Kennedy High school in 1976 I have attend the Jr. Colleges here in Sacramento I attended Sacramento City College where I completed the cosmetology program, I also attend Cosumnes River College where I took up general Education course work.

Two of my children are attending a University and I have one in elementary school. I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis so I have not worked since 1996 but I became very involved in the public school system supporting my children through graduation. Through this process I found that it is critical that parents are involved in planning in their local communities and in the local school system. This is how we become engaged in the political movement in America with out an educated community we risk loosing our personal freedom.

I would like to have the opportunity to serve as a Governing Board member of the Sacrament City Unified School District. The face of education need to change here in America, we must have a more engaged community and I believe that creating opportunity for parent of be involved locally will help to support the efforts to build capacity in our local community and build a greater Democratic governance structure. We must be engaged in the communities that we live in to help build a greater nation. And as a strong advocate for the public education system I personally believe that it takes a village to raise a child and our children need our voices as parents and community partners to help hold our local official accountable.

Present: Chair of the Sacramento City Unified School District Citizen Advisory Committee for Title 1

2003-2005 Sacramento Employment and Training Agency Head Start , Vice Chair

Head Start, Community Representative Sacramento Employment And Training Agency Governing Board

Community Representative for Sacramento Employment And Training Agency Sacramento City Unified School District Advisory Committee For Title 1

2001-2002 Youth Development Coordinator Mercy Housing VISTA Volunteer Through Corporation Of Nation Service

2000-2001 Resident Services Community Organizer VISTA Volunteer Thorough The Corporation Of National Service Rural California Housing Corporation

1990-1996 Administrative Clerk II Cosumnes River College Lois Rios Community College District

1989 Instructor Barbizon School Of Modeling

Education: Sacramento City College Licensed Cosmetologist

John F. Kennedy High School Graduated 1976

Sacramento City Unified School District 9 wks 1998 Adult Education Computer Repair