Candidate for
Board Member; San Marcos Unified School District

School Related Activities:

1991 to present: SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE

School Board Activities:

• Served three terms as President.
• High School Reconfiguration Committee
• Self-Review Committee for Twin Oaks High School WASC Accreditation
• Transition to Year-Round Education Committee
• Middle School Reconfiguration/Boundary Committee
• New High School Configuration Committee
• Total Quality Education Community Workshop

• Served as Officer for Parent Clubs of:

San Marcos High School
San Marcos Junior High School
Richland Elementary

• School Attendance Review Board
• School Improvement Plan, San Marcos Junior High
• Program Quality Review, San Marcos Junior High
• Student Assistance Support Team, San Marcos Junior High
• San Marcos Educational Foundation
• Performing Arts committee at San Marcos High School
• San Marcos High School Grad Night Committee, founding member

• Lobbyist at state and local level for school facilities and adequate funding
• Participate in campaign for equalization of base revenue limit and supplemental funding for San Diego County schools
• North San Diego County Legislative Action Network through California School Board Association
• Conflict Resolution Training through San Diego Mediation Center, San Diego, 1994
• Student Mediation Training, Roosevelt Middle School, Vista School District, 1993
• Board of Regents for Natural Resources, A substance Abuse Prevention Project Funded by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
• Participant at the following California School Board Association conventions and workshops: Annual Conferences, Legislative Action Conferences, Hispanic Conference, Back-to-School Conference, Board Spokesperson Training, Board Presidents' Workshop
• Spanish language classes Palomar College, Ensenada (1999), San Miguel de Allende (2000)

1993 to present: MARY'S GOODSNAILS, personal business.

I raise and sell the Decollate snail. Decollate snails are a biological alternative to poison for control of garden brown snails. I sell at garden shows and through the Internet by mail order. Outreach includes attendance and presentations at Home and Garden shows throughout Southern California as well as educating the public via newspaper articles, television and the Internet.

1984 to 1999: GOURMET GARDENS, family business

My husband and I, together with our three children, farmed 18 acres of gourmet vegetables and sold them at a roadside stand in Twin Oaks Valley. I was responsible for sales to the public and public relations. Personal interactions with our customers and our excellent vegetables gave this business a fine reputation.

1978 to present: OAK-RAY RANCH, family business. Grow, care, and sale of 8 acres of Valencia oranges.

1978 to 1989: SECRETARY/TREASURER OF AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, INC., family business

This was a business where my husband and I designed and sold drip irrigation systems to commercial row crop farmers.