Candidate for
Supervisor; County of San Mateo; District 4

My grandparents purchased their Menlo Park home in the 1950s, and my mother attended Menlo Park public schools. I was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, and moved to Redwood Shores in 1980. I started high school at Sequoia in Redwood City, and later attended Carlmont in Belmont. In 1996, my husband and I purchased our home in Menlo Park, and our children attend Menlo Park public schools. I have had my own law practice in San Mateo County for 18 years.

I have volunteered with community organizations throughout San Mateo County for twenty years. I served on the Board of Directors of Sor Juana Inez, a battered women's service agency, and now serve on the Advisory Board of CORA - Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse. I was elected President for two consecutive years by fellow Commissioners while serving on the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, where I served for eight years. I have been a member of the San Mateo County Legal Aid Luncheon Committee, that diligently raises money to help people in our County obtain legal services, for the past fourteen years.

In Menlo Park, I have served on the Community Mediation Services Committee, Housing Commission and Planning Commission. I was elected to Menlo Park City Council in 2010, and became Mayor in 2011.

Over two decades of service to the community:

• 2012-2012 : Service League of San Mateo County, Board Member
• 2011-2012 : CORA - Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, Board
• 2011-2012 : JobTrain, Technical Advisory Committee Member
• 2010-2012 : Menlo Park City Council, Mayor 2012
• 2009-2012 : Haven House, Legal Services Volunteer
• 2004-2010 : Menlo Park Planning Commission, Chair 2007
• 2004-2005 : Laurel School PTO, Financial Secretary
• 2003-2006 : County National Women's Political Caucus, President 2004
• 2003-2004 : AYSO, Region 109, Menlo Park & Atherton, Soccer Coach
• 2003-2004 : Menlo Park Housing Commission, Commissioner
• 2003-2004 : Emerge Political Training Leadership Program, Graduate
• 2002-2005 : League of Women Voters of South San Mateo County, Board
• 2002-2003 : San Mateo County Citizens Academy, Graduate
• 2001-2006 : San Mateo County Bar Association, Committee Delegate
• 2001-2003 : Menlo Park Community Mediation Services Committee, Member
• 1998-2001 : San Mateo County battered women's service agency, Board
• 1998-1999 : San Mateo County Prenatal to Three, Adopt-A-Family Program
• 1997-2012 : San Mateo County Legal Aid Society, Fundraising Committee
• 1996-2004 : San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women
• 1993-1995 : Fair Oaks Community Center, International Institute, Volunteer
• 1992-1993 : San Mateo County Legal Aid Society, Law Clerk
• 1991-1993 : Public Interest Law Foundation of GGU, President 1992
• 1991-1992 : Domestic Violence Unit at the San Francisco DA's Office, Clerk
• 1991-1992 : Family Violence Prevention Fund, Volunteer Victim Advocate
• 1989-1990 : Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, Volunteer
• 1988-1990 : Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center, Volunteer Crisis Advocate

• Golden Gate University, School of Law
  J.D. in Law with Public Interest Law Award
• University of California, Santa Barbara
  B.A. in Political Science with an International Relations Emphasis