Member, Board of Education, Montgomery County, 2004-09 (president, 2006-08; member, strategic planning committee; chair, communications & public engagement committee). Co-Chair, Task Force on Quality Child Care for Immigrant Communities, Montgomery County, 2002-03. Member, Community Action Task Group, Montgomery County Gang Task Force, 2005-07.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, August 15, 1965. University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A. (psychology), 1987. Public Education Leadership Project, Harvard University, 2007, 2008. Founder & Executive Co-Director, Centro Familia, 1998-2004. Women Who Dare Leadership Award, State Department of Education, 2001. Woman of Achievement, Montgomery County Business & Professional Women Association, 2007. Hispanic Hero in Education, U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education, 2007. Heart of the Community Award, Community Teachers Institute, 2009. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2009, 2013.
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