Candidate for
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 12

POLITICAL AND POLICY MAKING POSITIONS: Accessibility Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) - 2008 to present. Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities Events Committee - 2011 to present. Los Angeles County Accessible Voting Advisory Committee 2011 to present Access Services Quality Services Subcommittee - 2008 to present. Chatsworth Hills Academy Parent & Teacher Organization - Dads and Dudes 2013 to present'/ Accessibility Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) - 2008 to present. North Los Angeles County Regional Center Consumer Advisory Committee - 2014 to present PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Systems Change Advocate Communities Actively Living Independent and Free , Los Angeles, CA 2012 Educated Local, State and Federal legislators of the needs of their constituents with disabilities. Brought the idea of educating the general public who ride on Los Angeles County transit by advising Metro via an education video on Transit TV. Instrumental on pushing and solving the Metro fare gate to be ADA compliance by advising MTA to create a device that will be accessible to whom can not use the TAP card.

Systems Change Advocate Community Rehabilitation Services, Los Angeles, CA 2007 + 2012 Created curriculum and taught self-advocacy skills to people with disabilities. Educated Local, State and Federal legislators of the needs of their constituents with disabilities. Generated communication between the Los Angeles County Para-Transit system and riders. Helped stop proposed cuts to the Los Angeles County Para-Transit system by advocating for the rights of the riders. Persuaded the Los Angeles County Para-Transit system known as Access Services to reduce the fare from 2.35 to 2.25. Advocated for the installation of audio and visual signage on the new Metro-Link trains for people who are deaf and blind in a 5 county service area. Advocated to the Los Angeles County Para-Transit system to put their pick up/drop off locations on their website for easy access to riders. Brought the idea of educating the general public who ride on Los Angeles County transit by advising Metro via an education video on Transit TV. Successfully advocated to the Los Angeles County Planning Department to omit the construction permit fee of $300 for accessible ramps, saving money for business and residential owners. Collaborated with CARA, Regional Center, ILC, CDCAN, SEIU and UCP to stage the largest rally and march for the People Convention. Obtained the march permit from the City of Los Angeles Police Dept. Special Event Committee.

Assistive Technology Specialist and Instructor Empowertech, Los Angeles, CA 1996 - 2007 (Formerly Computer Access Center) Instructed people with visual disabilities to use text-to-speech technology using JAWS software. Taught people with disabilities of all ages and levels of cognitive abilities to use computer and make them accessible. LANGUAGE: English Spanish VOLUNTEER: American Red Cross- Blood Donor- Type A- HONORS: Transportation System Change Advocate of the year, 2008 EDUCATION: B.A. Educational Psychology - California State University at Northridge (CSUN)

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MY FAVORITE QUOTATION IS BY Theodore Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.