Experience

Improve Your Tomorrow

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Policy & School Partnerships

  • Jun 2022 - Present



City of Stockton, CA

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• City Council Member

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

  As a Council Member on the Stockton City Council, my duties are the following. Adopt ordinances, resolutions, policies and regulations for the health, safety and welfare of the current and future inhabitants of the City of Stockton. Establish policies for the effective and efficient delivery of municipal services to the City. Establish goals, objectives and performance measures for the City Government and the City Manager. Create departments, divisions, bureaus, offices and citizen advisory… Show more As a Council Member on the Stockton City Council, my duties are the following. Adopt ordinances, resolutions, policies and regulations for the health, safety and welfare of the current and future inhabitants of the City of Stockton. Establish policies for the effective and efficient delivery of municipal services to the City. Establish goals, objectives and performance measures for the City Government and the City Manager. Create departments, divisions, bureaus, offices and citizen advisory committees necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the City. Exercise legislative oversight over the City Manager, professional staff, consultants, citizen advisory committees and all other employees, volunteers and officers appointed or retained by the City. Work with citizen advisory committees established by the City Council to formulate recommendations to the Council on policies, projects and spending allocations. Adopt master plans for water, wastewater, drainage, parks, and municipal facilities to guide the City’s future development of critical infrastructure. Lastly, adopt the annual City budget. My responsibilities are the following. Participate in community strategic and long-range planning. Approve the municipal boundaries, sphere of influence and all annexations of land into the City. Approve all zoning changes, subdivisions and commercial and industrial site plans. Approve all development agreements with residential, commercial and industrial developers. Approve expenditures of City funds. My accomplishments with the widest impact are establishing a commercial kitchen program for aspiring food entrepreneurs. The initial pilot phase was funded by a city grant I proposed and received funding for. The second accomplishment, was working with a local non-profit housing developer and Community Medical Centers (a Federally Qualified Health Clinic) in acquiring a city-owned lot to build much needed affordable housing and a medical clinic. Show less As a Council Member on the Stockton City Council, my duties are the following. Adopt ordinances, resolutions, policies and regulations for the health, safety and welfare of the current and future inhabitants of the City of Stockton. Establish policies for the effective and efficient delivery of municipal services to the City. Establish goals, objectives and performance measures for the City Government and the City Manager. Create departments, divisions, bureaus, offices and citizen advisory… Show more As a Council Member on the Stockton City Council, my duties are the following. Adopt ordinances, resolutions, policies and regulations for the health, safety and welfare of the current and future inhabitants of the City of Stockton. Establish policies for the effective and efficient delivery of municipal services to the City. Establish goals, objectives and performance measures for the City Government and the City Manager. Create departments, divisions, bureaus, offices and citizen advisory committees necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the City. Exercise legislative oversight over the City Manager, professional staff, consultants, citizen advisory committees and all other employees, volunteers and officers appointed or retained by the City. Work with citizen advisory committees established by the City Council to formulate recommendations to the Council on policies, projects and spending allocations. Adopt master plans for water, wastewater, drainage, parks, and municipal facilities to guide the City’s future development of critical infrastructure. Lastly, adopt the annual City budget. My responsibilities are the following. Participate in community strategic and long-range planning. Approve the municipal boundaries, sphere of influence and all annexations of land into the City. Approve all zoning changes, subdivisions and commercial and industrial site plans. Approve all development agreements with residential, commercial and industrial developers. Approve expenditures of City funds. My accomplishments with the widest impact are establishing a commercial kitchen program for aspiring food entrepreneurs. The initial pilot phase was funded by a city grant I proposed and received funding for. The second accomplishment, was working with a local non-profit housing developer and Community Medical Centers (a Federally Qualified Health Clinic) in acquiring a city-owned lot to build much needed affordable housing and a medical clinic. Show less



San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  My main duties as the CEO/President were to provide strategic direction, vision, and management for the programs and personnel of the chamber. Assure that the organization's current and long-range goals to achieve business and community needs are met, and to be responsible for management of the day-to-day operations of the chamber. Implement a marketing plan for the chamber to assure a positive community image. Prepare the chamber budget and ensure all program areas meet the budget. Develop and… Show more My main duties as the CEO/President were to provide strategic direction, vision, and management for the programs and personnel of the chamber. Assure that the organization's current and long-range goals to achieve business and community needs are met, and to be responsible for management of the day-to-day operations of the chamber. Implement a marketing plan for the chamber to assure a positive community image. Prepare the chamber budget and ensure all program areas meet the budget. Develop and maintain a positive and helpful relationship with city and county governmental agencies; neighboring chambers and the state chamber. Under the direction of the Board my job was to promote economic development, monitor public policy, and to grow the organization's programs. As the CEO, I was very active in high profile conversations focused on business retention/expansion, infrastructure, workforce/education, and civic innovation with city and county governmental agencies and other economic development organizations. Under public policy, I represented the Chamber on a variety of public policy issues at the local and state levels which require that I develop platforms, messaging, advocacy channels and strategic relationships. This lead to creating an advocacy campaign comprised of business and civic leaders to advocate for the passage of AB 13, in 2019. This bill would have created the necessary funding mechanism to establish a CSU campus in Stockton. Lastly, I was tasked with overseeing and assessing the schedule, design, budget, implementation, evaluation, and carrying out appropriate adjustments for the chamber’s programs and events. Under my leadership, we generating a profit with every program and event we executed, and we created new programming focused on civically engaging more people from the Hispanic community. Show less My main duties as the CEO/President were to provide strategic direction, vision, and management for the programs and personnel of the chamber. Assure that the organization's current and long-range goals to achieve business and community needs are met, and to be responsible for management of the day-to-day operations of the chamber. Implement a marketing plan for the chamber to assure a positive community image. Prepare the chamber budget and ensure all program areas meet the budget. Develop and… Show more My main duties as the CEO/President were to provide strategic direction, vision, and management for the programs and personnel of the chamber. Assure that the organization's current and long-range goals to achieve business and community needs are met, and to be responsible for management of the day-to-day operations of the chamber. Implement a marketing plan for the chamber to assure a positive community image. Prepare the chamber budget and ensure all program areas meet the budget. Develop and maintain a positive and helpful relationship with city and county governmental agencies; neighboring chambers and the state chamber. Under the direction of the Board my job was to promote economic development, monitor public policy, and to grow the organization's programs. As the CEO, I was very active in high profile conversations focused on business retention/expansion, infrastructure, workforce/education, and civic innovation with city and county governmental agencies and other economic development organizations. Under public policy, I represented the Chamber on a variety of public policy issues at the local and state levels which require that I develop platforms, messaging, advocacy channels and strategic relationships. This lead to creating an advocacy campaign comprised of business and civic leaders to advocate for the passage of AB 13, in 2019. This bill would have created the necessary funding mechanism to establish a CSU campus in Stockton. Lastly, I was tasked with overseeing and assessing the schedule, design, budget, implementation, evaluation, and carrying out appropriate adjustments for the chamber’s programs and events. Under my leadership, we generating a profit with every program and event we executed, and we created new programming focused on civically engaging more people from the Hispanic community. Show less



Tides

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Program Project Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Jun 2018

  After being rewarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, my job was to establish a new organization through the TIDES Foundation that with a mission to positively impact K-12 education policies at the local level within the City of Stockton. My tasks were to first hire staff, develop a scope of work timeline, establish the organization’s programmatic goals, and recruit/train Stockton families to join the organization as members. I accomplished this within the first 6 months, and we… Show more After being rewarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, my job was to establish a new organization through the TIDES Foundation that with a mission to positively impact K-12 education policies at the local level within the City of Stockton. My tasks were to first hire staff, develop a scope of work timeline, establish the organization’s programmatic goals, and recruit/train Stockton families to join the organization as members. I accomplished this within the first 6 months, and we ultimately reached our first year policy goal of affecting key policy change at the district level. The Stockton Unified School District, through the efforts of our advocacy efforts, approved a 2-year goal of increasing the number of high school students that graduate meeting all the requirements necessary to be eligible to apply for a CSU/UC right out of high school. This was significant given the fact that only 33% of SUSD seniors graduated ready to enter a 4-year institution in 2013-2014. We also developed a 6-month leadership curriculum that we used to train our parents and students. We worked with SUSD leadership in their recruitment efforts for a new Superintendent, and our organization trained and helped candidates get elected for school board elections. Show less After being rewarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, my job was to establish a new organization through the TIDES Foundation that with a mission to positively impact K-12 education policies at the local level within the City of Stockton. My tasks were to first hire staff, develop a scope of work timeline, establish the organization’s programmatic goals, and recruit/train Stockton families to join the organization as members. I accomplished this within the first 6 months, and we… Show more After being rewarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, my job was to establish a new organization through the TIDES Foundation that with a mission to positively impact K-12 education policies at the local level within the City of Stockton. My tasks were to first hire staff, develop a scope of work timeline, establish the organization’s programmatic goals, and recruit/train Stockton families to join the organization as members. I accomplished this within the first 6 months, and we ultimately reached our first year policy goal of affecting key policy change at the district level. The Stockton Unified School District, through the efforts of our advocacy efforts, approved a 2-year goal of increasing the number of high school students that graduate meeting all the requirements necessary to be eligible to apply for a CSU/UC right out of high school. This was significant given the fact that only 33% of SUSD seniors graduated ready to enter a 4-year institution in 2013-2014. We also developed a 6-month leadership curriculum that we used to train our parents and students. We worked with SUSD leadership in their recruitment efforts for a new Superintendent, and our organization trained and helped candidates get elected for school board elections. Show less



San Joaquin Community Foundation

• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  My work with CFSJ was focused on creating economic development opportunities for non-profit organizations within the City of Stockton. My first task was to work closely with the non-profit affordable housing developer - Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs (STAND) on obtaining specific socioeconomic data from residents. My scope of work on this effort included developing and executing a “consumer expenditure survey,” based on ABCD Community Organizing principles to gather economic… Show more My work with CFSJ was focused on creating economic development opportunities for non-profit organizations within the City of Stockton. My first task was to work closely with the non-profit affordable housing developer - Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs (STAND) on obtaining specific socioeconomic data from residents. My scope of work on this effort included developing and executing a “consumer expenditure survey,” based on ABCD Community Organizing principles to gather economic data and businesses data from residents and employees working in South Stockton. The goal of the survey was to create a supplemental and community-driven market analysis that would seek data on whether residents were willing to open and operate businesses, and whether they had the skills and background necessary to operate successfully. Other measures were captured in the survey were based on workforce readiness, retail sustainability, household wealth, and needed services (i.e. medical, athletic facilities, affordable housing, etc.). I also developed a concept paper that lead to STAND securing an opportunity to negotiate the purchase of an old redevelopment site, and I helped identify potential co-developer partners, finance partners, and business/program partners for their project. Show less My work with CFSJ was focused on creating economic development opportunities for non-profit organizations within the City of Stockton. My first task was to work closely with the non-profit affordable housing developer - Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs (STAND) on obtaining specific socioeconomic data from residents. My scope of work on this effort included developing and executing a “consumer expenditure survey,” based on ABCD Community Organizing principles to gather economic… Show more My work with CFSJ was focused on creating economic development opportunities for non-profit organizations within the City of Stockton. My first task was to work closely with the non-profit affordable housing developer - Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs (STAND) on obtaining specific socioeconomic data from residents. My scope of work on this effort included developing and executing a “consumer expenditure survey,” based on ABCD Community Organizing principles to gather economic data and businesses data from residents and employees working in South Stockton. The goal of the survey was to create a supplemental and community-driven market analysis that would seek data on whether residents were willing to open and operate businesses, and whether they had the skills and background necessary to operate successfully. Other measures were captured in the survey were based on workforce readiness, retail sustainability, household wealth, and needed services (i.e. medical, athletic facilities, affordable housing, etc.). I also developed a concept paper that lead to STAND securing an opportunity to negotiate the purchase of an old redevelopment site, and I helped identify potential co-developer partners, finance partners, and business/program partners for their project. Show less



California Charter Schools Association

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2015

  I lead a team of experienced community organizers whose job was to identify, recruit, and train parents and at-risk students on K-12 education policy. My responsibilities were to ensure my team set realistic metrics each week and monitor their work towards meeting the number of parents and students necessary to successfully create clusters of advocates around the City of Los Angeles. My most significant achievement during my short tenure with CSSA was to lead my team to create over six… Show more I lead a team of experienced community organizers whose job was to identify, recruit, and train parents and at-risk students on K-12 education policy. My responsibilities were to ensure my team set realistic metrics each week and monitor their work towards meeting the number of parents and students necessary to successfully create clusters of advocates around the City of Los Angeles. My most significant achievement during my short tenure with CSSA was to lead my team to create over six clusters of parents/students, who together with my organizers contacted over 20,000 voters in eight weeks. Show less I lead a team of experienced community organizers whose job was to identify, recruit, and train parents and at-risk students on K-12 education policy. My responsibilities were to ensure my team set realistic metrics each week and monitor their work towards meeting the number of parents and students necessary to successfully create clusters of advocates around the City of Los Angeles. My most significant achievement during my short tenure with CSSA was to lead my team to create over six… Show more I lead a team of experienced community organizers whose job was to identify, recruit, and train parents and at-risk students on K-12 education policy. My responsibilities were to ensure my team set realistic metrics each week and monitor their work towards meeting the number of parents and students necessary to successfully create clusters of advocates around the City of Los Angeles. My most significant achievement during my short tenure with CSSA was to lead my team to create over six clusters of parents/students, who together with my organizers contacted over 20,000 voters in eight weeks. Show less



StudentsFirst

• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Southern California Field Coordinator

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  My primary duties were to develop a field strategy to engage parents and students across Southern California education and train them how to enact policy change in Sacramento. One of my responsibilities was to establish and maintain strong relationships with Los Angeles County-area school board members, policymakers, and with state legislators. Through my ability to build relationships, I identified a state legislator that would author legislative bills that represented the organization's… Show more My primary duties were to develop a field strategy to engage parents and students across Southern California education and train them how to enact policy change in Sacramento. One of my responsibilities was to establish and maintain strong relationships with Los Angeles County-area school board members, policymakers, and with state legislators. Through my ability to build relationships, I identified a state legislator that would author legislative bills that represented the organization's policy goals. I created advocacy clusters of parents/students and stakeholders in key urban neighborhoods across Los Angeles County. I trained parents and students on the various policies that affect academic outcomes in urban areas. Show less My primary duties were to develop a field strategy to engage parents and students across Southern California education and train them how to enact policy change in Sacramento. One of my responsibilities was to establish and maintain strong relationships with Los Angeles County-area school board members, policymakers, and with state legislators. Through my ability to build relationships, I identified a state legislator that would author legislative bills that represented the organization's… Show more My primary duties were to develop a field strategy to engage parents and students across Southern California education and train them how to enact policy change in Sacramento. One of my responsibilities was to establish and maintain strong relationships with Los Angeles County-area school board members, policymakers, and with state legislators. Through my ability to build relationships, I identified a state legislator that would author legislative bills that represented the organization's policy goals. I created advocacy clusters of parents/students and stakeholders in key urban neighborhoods across Los Angeles County. I trained parents and students on the various policies that affect academic outcomes in urban areas. Show less



Nextdoor

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Organizer - South LA | Inglewood

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  My duties were to expand the company's reach into hard to reach neighborhoods like South Los Angeles. The company launched a 9-month organizing program in 2014, and hired experienced organizers to help with their nationwide efforts to expand their reach. The program's stated goal was to have, "new users and new neighborhood pages in every neighborhood in all top U.S. 40 cities." I was responsible for setting up 33 new neighborhood pages/groups, and I was successful by using traditional… Show more My duties were to expand the company's reach into hard to reach neighborhoods like South Los Angeles. The company launched a 9-month organizing program in 2014, and hired experienced organizers to help with their nationwide efforts to expand their reach. The program's stated goal was to have, "new users and new neighborhood pages in every neighborhood in all top U.S. 40 cities." I was responsible for setting up 33 new neighborhood pages/groups, and I was successful by using traditional community organizing techniques. I went door-to-door to sign up new users in each targeted area, and I would ask for follow up one-on-one meetings with new users that displayed leadership potential. I was successful in identifying 33 leaders in each targeted neighborhood, and each leader helped expand Nextdoor's presence by hosting house-meetings. Ultimately, I reached my goal of initiating a neighborhood group in each targeted neighborhood. Show less My duties were to expand the company's reach into hard to reach neighborhoods like South Los Angeles. The company launched a 9-month organizing program in 2014, and hired experienced organizers to help with their nationwide efforts to expand their reach. The program's stated goal was to have, "new users and new neighborhood pages in every neighborhood in all top U.S. 40 cities." I was responsible for setting up 33 new neighborhood pages/groups, and I was successful by using traditional… Show more My duties were to expand the company's reach into hard to reach neighborhoods like South Los Angeles. The company launched a 9-month organizing program in 2014, and hired experienced organizers to help with their nationwide efforts to expand their reach. The program's stated goal was to have, "new users and new neighborhood pages in every neighborhood in all top U.S. 40 cities." I was responsible for setting up 33 new neighborhood pages/groups, and I was successful by using traditional community organizing techniques. I went door-to-door to sign up new users in each targeted area, and I would ask for follow up one-on-one meetings with new users that displayed leadership potential. I was successful in identifying 33 leaders in each targeted neighborhood, and each leader helped expand Nextdoor's presence by hosting house-meetings. Ultimately, I reached my goal of initiating a neighborhood group in each targeted neighborhood. Show less



Community Coalition

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Field Organizer

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2013

  My duties were to identify, recruit, and train Latino and African American residents from South LA neighborhoods into community-based leaders. The goal was to build a cohort of well-trained leaders and move them to being advocates for change for their neighborhoods. I developed and delivered a year-long training program where I trained over fifty parents, veterans, and senior citizens on community organizing tactics and on policy change at the local level. The program lead to a successful… Show more My duties were to identify, recruit, and train Latino and African American residents from South LA neighborhoods into community-based leaders. The goal was to build a cohort of well-trained leaders and move them to being advocates for change for their neighborhoods. I developed and delivered a year-long training program where I trained over fifty parents, veterans, and senior citizens on community organizing tactics and on policy change at the local level. The program lead to a successful campaign to bring small pop-up produce stands to neighborhoods considered “food deserts.” Show less My duties were to identify, recruit, and train Latino and African American residents from South LA neighborhoods into community-based leaders. The goal was to build a cohort of well-trained leaders and move them to being advocates for change for their neighborhoods. I developed and delivered a year-long training program where I trained over fifty parents, veterans, and senior citizens on community organizing tactics and on policy change at the local level. The program lead to a successful… Show more My duties were to identify, recruit, and train Latino and African American residents from South LA neighborhoods into community-based leaders. The goal was to build a cohort of well-trained leaders and move them to being advocates for change for their neighborhoods. I developed and delivered a year-long training program where I trained over fifty parents, veterans, and senior citizens on community organizing tactics and on policy change at the local level. The program lead to a successful campaign to bring small pop-up produce stands to neighborhoods considered “food deserts.” Show less



UnidosUS (@WeAreUnidosUS)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Deputy Field Organizer

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2011

  My primary duties were to create a statewide advocacy strategy that would give the organization greater influence over legislation affecting the Hispanic community in California. I established the organization’s first “California Latino Advocacy Day” that took place at the State Capitol in the spring of 2010. Together with my colleagues, we organized over 20 Latino-based non-profit organizations across the state that collectively represented and/or provided services for over 20,000 people. We… Show more My primary duties were to create a statewide advocacy strategy that would give the organization greater influence over legislation affecting the Hispanic community in California. I established the organization’s first “California Latino Advocacy Day” that took place at the State Capitol in the spring of 2010. Together with my colleagues, we organized over 20 Latino-based non-profit organizations across the state that collectively represented and/or provided services for over 20,000 people. We split these organizations into three issue-focus groups focused on the following policy areas: economic development/housing, health, and education. Each group was tasked with developing policy positions on key legislation that would affect the Hispanic community either adversely or advantageously. Show less My primary duties were to create a statewide advocacy strategy that would give the organization greater influence over legislation affecting the Hispanic community in California. I established the organization’s first “California Latino Advocacy Day” that took place at the State Capitol in the spring of 2010. Together with my colleagues, we organized over 20 Latino-based non-profit organizations across the state that collectively represented and/or provided services for over 20,000 people. We… Show more My primary duties were to create a statewide advocacy strategy that would give the organization greater influence over legislation affecting the Hispanic community in California. I established the organization’s first “California Latino Advocacy Day” that took place at the State Capitol in the spring of 2010. Together with my colleagues, we organized over 20 Latino-based non-profit organizations across the state that collectively represented and/or provided services for over 20,000 people. We split these organizations into three issue-focus groups focused on the following policy areas: economic development/housing, health, and education. Each group was tasked with developing policy positions on key legislation that would affect the Hispanic community either adversely or advantageously. Show less



California State University-Sacramento

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• California Assembly Legislative Fellow

  • Oct 2007 - Jul 2008

  My duties were to learn the legislature process and about the major public policy issues affecting the State of California. My learning was done through working for an Assembly Member’s office and by taking public policy graduate courses at CSU Sacramento. My duties were to learn the legislature process and about the major public policy issues affecting the State of California. My learning was done through working for an Assembly Member’s office and by taking public policy graduate courses at CSU Sacramento.