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.
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