Education
California State University, Sacramento, B.A., Communication Studies with minor in Public Relations, December 2004, Magna Cum Laude
Selected Work History
- Director of External Relations, Touro University California, January 2012 to present
- Director of Communications, Solano Community Foundation, August 2007 to November 2011
- Reporter and Feature Writer, Daily Republic Newspaper, May 2002 to August 2007
Board Memberships and Positions
- President, Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Director, Solano County Library Foundation
- Board of Director, Leadership Vallejo
- Board of Director, Vallejo Education Business Alliance
- Honorary Commander, Travis Air Force Base
Awards
- First place for Feature Writing in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- Second place for Writing in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- Second place for Arts and Entertainment coverage in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- Awarded 2006 California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship through the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism
- First place for Lifestyle coverage in the 2005 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- First place for Feature Writing in the 2005 Associated Press News Executive Council awards
- First place for Lifestyle coverage in the 2004 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- First place for Arts and Entertainment coverage in the 2003 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
- Third place for Feature Writing in the 2004 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
Professional Affiliations & Honors
- Distinguished Alumna, Solano Community College
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- Lampda Pi Eta Honor Society
- Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
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