Business interests
Video Z libros, owner and founder, Hayward, 1985 -
Terlingua Translation Services, owner and founder (English - French ­ Spanish), 1991 -
Latino Business Roundtable ­ Founder and President, 2004
Hayward Planning Commissioner (1998 - 2007)
Hayward Chamber of Commerce ­ member
Summit Bank, Hayward Advisory Board Member
Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ­ member

Community Awards
John Pappas Humanitarian Award, Hayward, 1996
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Award, January 2005
Teacher of the Year, SWCOLT (Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers), 2005
Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, 2007

Professional
Graduate of UC Santa Bárbara
30 years at Chabot College, Hayward, teaching Spanish
Presenter at CLTA, FLANC, AATSP, SWCOLT (and other non-language) conferences
FLANC's Newsletter Editor, 1999 -
Faculty Advisor of MECHA at Chabot College, 1980 -
La Alianza de Hayward co-founder and President, 1991
St. Bede's School Board Member (1992-95)
PUENTE Project Mentor, 1982 -
Faculty Union Officer & Negotiator, Chabot
CABE of Hayward (California Association of Bilingual Educators)
CLEA (Chicano Latino Education Association) of Chabot College co-founder, 1985
Columnist of the Hayward Daily Review newspaper
(Latino issues, every Wednesday ­ Oct. 2004 - Jan, 2007)
Co-author, AZ Spanish Study Guide, 2000
Chabot Faculty Senate member, 2005-2008
Author, Café Chronicles (Floricanto Press, 2007)
Co-Founder of Café con leche monthly newsletter, 2007

Community Involvement
Hayward Time Capsule Task Force member
Task Force on the Hayward Public Library, 1996
Hayward Library Commissioner, 1998
Return of the Swallows Festival of Chabot College annual festival, 2000
St. Rose Foundation Board Member, 2004 -
CALDO (Alameda Latino Democratic Organization), co-founder and Vice president, 2004 -
Chabot Green Team founder - 2007
Greater Hayward Democrats - President
Hayward San Felipe Sister Committee - member

Art and Culture
Master Day of the Dead Altar Builder, 1980 -
Faculty Adviser to the Ballet Folclórico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno, 1985 -
Co-organizer of El Cinco de Mayo Festival, Downtown Hayward, 1986 -
Faculty Adviser to Grupo Tlapalli dance troupe, 1996-
Hayward Arts Council Board Member (1996-2001)
Organizer of the Chabot College Mariachi Festival, 2006

Contributor to
Zermeño Annual Scholarship at Chabot College, since 2000
Chabot College
Hayward Area Historical Society
Hayward Arts Council
Hayward Education Foundation
Eden Housing
FESCO
The Kids' Breakfast Club
Mariachi Juvenil de Hayward
Rotary Club
Sun Gallery

Personal interests
proud Hayward resident
avid reader and writer
basketballer ­ weak center of Los Chilones de Hayward ­
stamp collector
Zermeño family history buff
amasser of The Amazing Spiderman memorabilia
film aficionado
culture and community advocate
a doer
eternal optimist

Contact me   or at 510.732.2746, or fax at 510.732.6624

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