Community Service Is My Life's Work

CURRENT ELECTED & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

SAN RAMON CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 4

REGIONAL COMMITTEES

• Association of Bay Area Governments​​​ (ABAG) - 2023-26

• County Connection - Contra Costa County Transportation Association (CCCTA) - 2025-26

  • Marketing, Planning, & Legislative Committee - Vice-Chair (2026)​

  • Operations and Scheduling (2025)

• East Bay Regional Parks District Liaison (2025-26)

• Iron Horse Trail Advisory (2026)

• Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Commission (HMC) - 2025-26

• League of California Cities - 2023-26

• Tri-Valley Transportation Council (TVTC) - 2025-26

• Tri-Valley Water Liaison - 2023-26

• Dougherty Valley Oversight Committee (DVOC) - 2024-26

• East Bay Regional Communications System Authority (EBRCSA) - 2025-26

• Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) - 2025-26

• San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District (SRVFPD) - 2026

• San Ramon Emergency Preparedness Citizen Corps Council - 2026

• San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) 2025-26

 

CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES

• Transportation Advisory Committee - 2025-26

• Sustainability Advisory Committee - 2025-26

• Senior Citizen Advisory Committee - 2025-26

• Library Advisory Committee - 2026

 

CITY FOUNDATIONS

• Historic Foundation - 2025-26

• Senior Foundation​ 2025-26
   

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

• Policy Committee​ - 2023, 2024, 2026

 

OTHER LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEER WORK

• National and State Leadership Council Member I Elected Officials to Protect America: EOPA connects elected officials to bring about strong environmental policy. (2022-present)

• Founding Executive Advisory Board Member I The Natalie Project: Fund advocacy group for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. (2020-present)

• Advisory Board Member I Fostering Wishes: Nonprofit that advocates for the needs of foster children. (2024-present)

• Executive Board Member and County Party Delegate (2022-present)

• Vice-Chair and Co-Chair, Rules Committee I Contra Costa County Central Committee (2022-present)

• SEIU 2015 Delegate I Contra Costa Labor Council (2019 - present)

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PAST ELECTED & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

SAN RAMON CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 4

REGIONAL COMMITTEES

• San Ramon Street Smarts - 2023-24

• San Ramon TRAFFIX - 2023-24

• Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee - 2023-24

• Contra Costa County Sanitary District - 2023-24

• Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) Liaison - 2023-24

• East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and Water Issues - 2023-24

 

CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES​

• Arts Advisory​ - 2023-24

• Economic Development Advisory - 2023

• Housing Advisory - 2023

• Innovation and Technology Advisory - 2023

• Open Space Advisory - 2023-25

• Teen Advisory - 2023-24

 

CITY FOUNDATIONS

• Arts Foundation - 2023-24

 

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

• Finance Committee - Vice Chair​ - 2025

• Infrastructure Committee - Chair, Vice Chair 2023-25

 

VICE PRESIDENT, ELECTED DIVISION 1 DIRECTOR I DUBLIN SAN RAMON SERVICES DISTRICT (DSRSD) - 2020-22

• Chair, DSRSD-EBMUD Recycled Water Authority (DERWA) Joint Powers Agency - 2020-22

• DSRSD Liaison for the City of San Ramon - 2020-22

• DSRSD Liaison for Central Contra Costa Sanitary District - 2020-22

• DSRSD Liaison for Zone 7 Water Agency - 2021

 

OTHER LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEER WORK

• Founding Executive Board Member I FemTruth Youth™: Nonprofit based in Danville that advocates for reproductive health education. 2020-2024

• Director of Government Relations I San Francisco Bay Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Bringing government, community, and commerce together across the Bay Area.- 2021-2023

• Appointed California Executive Committee Member I Sierra Club - 2023-2024

• Elected San Francisco Bay Chapter Executive Committee At-Large Member I Sierra Club - 2019-2024

• Elected Tri-Valley Group Executive Committee Member I Sierra Club - 2019-2020

• Co-Chair, Contra Costa Labor Council Labor – Climate Task Force: A collaboration between the Contra Costa Labor Council and various Bay Area environmental organizations to identify points of intersectionality in order to lay the groundwork for Just Transition. - 2021-2023

• Organizational and Operations Manager & Government Outreach I United Latino Voices - 2022

• Issues Committee Co-Chair I Contra Costa County Central Committee - 2019-2021

• Ad Hoc Educational Committee Co-Chair | Contra Costa County Central Committee 

• President, Diablo Valley Democratic Club - 2022-2024

• Co-Chair, Endorsements and Issues Committee, Diablo Valley Democratic Club - 2019-2022

• Educational Committee | State Party Disability Caucus

• Elected Assembly District 16 Delegate - 2021-2023

• Co-Chair, Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee I State Party - 2020-2024

• Patient- & Family-Centered Care, Guest Lecturer | Samuel Merritt University FACES Summer Medical Academy - 2006-2019

• Pediatric Oncology Clinic Volunteer | Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago - 1998

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING​

• B.A., University of California, Berkeley – Molecular and Cell Biology, Neurobiology Emphasis; Recipient of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Women’s Leadership Award, Biology Scholars Program

• A.A., Diablo Valley College – German, French, Italian; Graduated with Honors (4.0 GPA)

• Certificate in Spanish, Fluent - Diablo Valley College

• Oakton Community College - Honors Program, President's Scholar Award, American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) National Mathematics Competition Top 10%, Honors Biology - Forest Restoration Project, Mathematics Research, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, National Honors Society, STEM

• Water Education for Latino Leaders (WELL) - Class of 2023 - Water Infrastructure Management, Water Hydrology

• California Civic Leadership Institute (CCLI) High Sierra Workshop at Big Creek hosted by League of CA Cities and Southern CA Edison (2024) - Wildfire Prevention and Forest Management

• San Ramon Government 101 Academy Graduate (2022)

• DSRSD Citizens Water Academy (2020)

• Echo Training Academy - Online Trauma and Resilience (2022)

• EMERGE 2019 Graduate

• UC, Berkeley Labor Center Dellums African American Leadership School (2019)