Candidate for
For School Director; Berkeley Unified School District

Occupation:

Director, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education (1996-present)

Community College Chemistry Professor, Skyline College (1990-present)

Education:

M.S., Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, 1990 National Science Foundation Fellowship

B.S., Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagiiez, 1986 Summa Cum Laude; Antoine Lavoisier Award for excellence in Chemistry,Luis Stefani Raffucci Award for academic excellence; elected to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Dean's List for four years

Leadership:

- President, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education (1999-present)
- Vice-President, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education (1998-99)
- Delegate, California School Boards Association (CSBA) Delegate Assembly (1999-present)
- CSBA Policy Platform Committee (2000)
- President (1996-98) and Treasurer (1995-96), Skyline College Academic Senate
- Vice-President/Treasurer, Bay Faculty Association (1995-97)
- Commissioner, Berkeley Police Review Commission (1993-96)
- Community College Leadership Award

Awards:

- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley, 1990
- Phi Theta Kappa Outstanding Teaching Award, Skyline College, 2000

Berkeley Unified School District Board Committees:

- District Literacy Committee
- Berkeley Adult School WASC Committee
- Berkeley Adult School Community Advisory Committee
- Berkeley Biotechnology Education Inc. Advisory Committee
- District English Learners Advisory Committee
- Improving Programs for English Language Learners Planning Team
- Proposition 227 Focus Group
- Board Budget Subcommittee
- School District/City 2x2 Committee
- Association of California Urban School Districts
- Berkeley Alliance Executive Committee and Student Achievement Committee