Candidate for
Mayor; City of Hayward

Education

B.A., Spanish and Portuguese, 1975, UC Santa Bárbara
M.A., Spanish and Portuguese, 1978, UC Santa Bárbara

Occupation Professor of Spanish, Chabot College, Hayward, 1978 +

Elected Office Elected + Hayward City Council, 2008 Hayward City Hall * 777 B Street * Hayward, CA 94541-5007 Current Council Commission/Committee Assignments Airport Development Hayward Youth Commission Association of Bay Area Governments Re Elected + Hayward City Council, 2012

Community Task Force on the Hayward Public Library, 1996 Hayward Library Commissioner, 1998 Hayward Planning Commission, 1998-2007 Return of the Swallows Festival of Chabot College annual festival, 2000 - St. Rose Foundation Board Member, 2004 - CALDO (Alameda Latino Democratic Organization), co-founder and Vice president, 2004 - Chabot Green Team - 2007 - Greater Hayward Democrats + President (2006-2009) Hayward San Felipe Sister Committee + member Hayward Rotary member, 2013 + Ending Hunger and Homelessness in Hayward Task Force Co Founder, 2012 - Groundbreaking Honorary Committee member, Moreau High School, 2014 Eden Youth & Family Center Board Member, 2014 + Tennyson Community Task Force Co-Founder, 2014 -

Community Recognition John Pappas Hayward Community Award, 1996 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Award, January 2005 Teacher of the Year, SWCOLT (Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers), 2005 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, 2007

Business interests Video Z libros founder and family Owner, Hayward, (1985 + 2010) Terlingua Translation Services - Founder and family coowner (English - French + Spanish), 1991 Latino Business Roundtable + Founder and President, 2004 - Summit Bank, Hayward Advisory Board Member, 2006 - 2008 Hayward Chamber of Commerce + member Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce + member

Professional Activities Presenter at CLTA, FLANC, AATSP, SWCOLT (and other non-language) conferences FLANC's Newsletter Editor (1998 - ) Faculty Advisor of MECHA at Chabot College, 1980 - La Alianza de Hayward co-founder and President, 1991 - St. Bede's School Board Member (1992-95) PUENTE Project Mentor, 1982 - CABE of Hayward (California Association of Bilingual Educators) CLEA (Chicano Latino Education Association) of Chabot College co-founder, 1985 Columnist of the Hayward Daily Review newspaper

(Latino issues, every Wednesday + Oct. 2004 - Jan, 2007)

Art and Culture Master Day of the Dead Altar Builder, 1980 - Faculty Adviser to the Ballet Folclórico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno, 1985 - Faculty Adviser to Grupo Tlapalli daznce troupe, 1996- Hayward Arts Council Board Member (1996-2001) Organizer of the Chabot College Mariachi Festival organizer, 2006

Contributor to

Zermeño Annual Scholarship at Chabot College, since 2000, St. Rose Hospital, Chabot College Students, Hayward Area Historical Society, Hayward Arts Council, Hayward Education Foundation, Eden Housing, FESCO, The Kids' Breakfast Club, La Alianza de Hayward, Hayward High School programs, Mariachi Juvenil de Hayward, Rotary Club, Sun Gallery, Ending Hunger and Homelessness in Hayward Task Force, City of Hayward, Tiburcio Vázquez Health Center, H.A.R.D., H.U.S.D., Save the Hayward H Project, Chabot College Puente Project,

Personal interests avid reader basketballer + weak center of Los Chilones de Hayward + stamp collector Zermeño family history buff amasser of The Amazing Spiderman memorabilia film aficionado culture and community advocate writer a proactive doer eternal optimist.

Personal Philosphies `Respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz,' Benito Juárez (Respect for the rights of others is peace) `Good leaders don't give up' `Create leaders, not just volunteers' `El exceso es menso' (Excess is dumb)