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HORTENCIA JIMENEZ Department of Sociology 411 Central Ave, Salinas, CA 93901 [email protected]

EDUCATION

August 2011 PhD Sociology, University of Texas-Austin Doctoral Certification Portfolios: Women’s and Gender Studies, Mexican American Studies, Non-Profit Studies

December 2004 M.A., Sociology, San José State University

December 2001 B.A Sociology, San José State University Minor: Social Science

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Micro-Sociology, Chicanas/os and Latinas/os, Social Movements, Race and Gender, Qualitative Methodology, Sociology of Education

COURSES TAUGHT

Sociology 42-Sociology of Minority Relations Sociology 20-Gender and Society Sociology 1B-Social Problems Sociology 1-Introduction to Sociology Ethnic Studies 443- Advanced Multicultural Relations Ethnic Studies 400- Race, Gender, and Culture in American Society Ethnic Studies 321- Chicana/Latina Women in the U.S. Ethnic Studies 1- Introduction to Ethnic Studies Human Communication 440- Leadership in Multicultural Communities Human Communication 344- Chicana/Latina Experiences Human Communication 245-Introduction to Chicana/o Studies Human Communication 329- Auto/Biografías Foundation Course EDU 110- Academy for College Excellence Human Development 451- Fieldwork as Qualitative Research Human Development 405- Developmental Education Human Development 300- Early Childhood Themes and Life Cycles

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POSITION HELD

2014-Present Sociology Instructor (Tenured)- Hartnell College 2010-2014 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Social Sciences, Hartnell College 2011-2014 Adjunct Instructor, Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2011-ongoing Adjunct Instructor, Human Communication Department, CSU Monterey Bay 2013 Adjunct Instructor, Human Development, Pacific Oaks College 2005-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociology & Mexican American Studies Department, University of Texas at Austin 2004, 2010 Adjunct Instructor, Liberal Studies Department, National Hispanic University 2004 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology, San Jose City College

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015 Instructor for Introduction to Chicana/o Studies Human Communication, State University Monterey Bay 2014 Instructor for Social Problems, SOC 5 Sociology Department, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA 2013 Instructor for Social Problems, SOC 1B Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA 2013 Instructor for Fieldwork as Qualitative Research, HD 451 Instructor for Early Childhood Themes and Life Cycles, HD 300 Human Development, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA Instructor for Auto/Biografías, HCOM 329 Human Communication, California State University Monterey Bay 2012- 2014 Instructor for Ethnic Studies, ETH 1 Sociology Department of Social Sciences, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA 2012 Instructor for Developmental Education, HD 405 Human Development, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA Instructor for Chicana/Latina Experiences, HCOM 344 Human Communication, California State University Monterey Bay 2012-2014 Instructor for Racial and Cultural Minorities- SOC 3 Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA Instructor for Introduction to Sociology- SOC 1 Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA 2011 Instructor for Foundation Course, EDU 110 Academy for College Excellence, Hartnell College, CA Instructor for Leadership in Multicultural Communities, HCOM 440 Human Communication, California State University Monterey Bay Instructor for Advanced Multicultural Relations, Ethnic Studies 432 Liberal Studies Department, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA 2010-2014 Instructor for Introduction to Sociology-1, Sociology of Minority Relations- 42. Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

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2010 Instructor for Gender, Race, and Culture in American Society- Ethnic Studies 400, Liberal Studies Department, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA Graduate Teaching Assistant for Criminology-SOC 325K, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin (January to May 2010), TX 2009 Guest Instructor- “Border Rape: Women at the U.S.-Mexico Border,” Surveillance and Social Control- SOC 321K, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, TX Guest Instructor- “The U.S.-Mexico Border and the making of Mexican Americans” Surveillance and Social Control- SOC 321K, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, TX Graduate Teaching Assistant for Surveillance and Social Control, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, TX 2007 Guest Instructor-” What do the Chicano Blowouts of the 1960s have in common with the 2006 H.S. Student Walkouts?” Mexican American Culture- MAS 318 Center for Mexican American Studies. University of Texas at Austin, TX 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Chicana/Latina Sexualities Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, TX 2005-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Chicanos in American Society-MAS 310 Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, TX 2004-2005 Instructor for Introduction to Sociology- 10 Humanities & Social Sciences, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA Instructor for Chicana/Latina Women in the U.S- Ethnic Studies 321 Liberal Studies Department, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA 2002-2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Sociology, Race Relations, Qualitative Research Methods, Department of Sociology, San José State University, CA

PUBLICATIONS Textbook

Jiménez, Hortencia (Ed.). 2018. Challenging Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration. (Revised First Edition), San Diego: Cognella Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa.

Book chapters

Oliva, Nereida & Jiménez, Hortencia. (2019). (Her)stories of sobrevivencia and sabiduria:

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Chicanx community college student mothers (re)Claiming and (re)defining the educational pipeline.In. C. Caballero, Martínez-Vu, Y., Pérez-Torres, J.C., Téllez, M., & Vega, C. (Eds.) Chicana M(other)work Anthology: Porque Sin Madres No Hay Revolución. Arizona: Arizona Press.

Jiménez, H. (2018). Leisure, Paladares, and Remittances in Havana’s “Big Sofa.” In Bellinger, Rebecca L, Prasad, Kislaya (Eds.). Cuba in Transition: Lessons from a Faculty Development in International Business Program. Center for International Business and Education and Research (CIBER). University of Maryland (pp. 27-34).

Jiménez, Hortencia. 2018. Beyond the White and Black Binary: Black and Brown Bodies Parallel Experiences of State Sanctioned Policing. In Jiménez, Hortencia (Ed.) Challenging Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, Immigration. (Revised First Edition). (pp. 168-189), San Diego: Cognella Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa.

Oliva, Nereida, Jiménez, Hortencia. 2018. Nepantleras in a Community College: Student Mothers Negotiating Mothering, School, and Work. Jiménez, Hortencia (Ed.) Challenging Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, Immigration. (Revised First Edition). (pp. 237-250), San Diego: Cognella Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Jiménez, Hortencia, Oliva, Nereida. 2017. Latina Student Mothers’ Trenzas de Identidades in the Community College. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. 11:2

Glazier, Marnie, Jiménez, Hortencia, Rocha-Tavera, Hermelinda. 2017. Drought, Sustenance, and Sustainability in the Salinas Valley and Beyond: A Year Long Multidisciplinary Collaboration. Community College Moment.

Jiménez, Hortencia. 2017. Objectification and Commodification of Blackness: The (Mis)Representation of Afro-Cuban women in Figurines and Dolls. Women of Color (WOC) in Collaboration and Conflict Graduate Working Group Journal.

Barbarena, Laura, Jiménez, Hortencia, Young, Michael. 2014. “It Just Happened”: Telescoping Anxiety, Defiance, and Emergent Collective Behavior in the Student Walkouts of 2006.” Social Problems, 61: 1

Jiménez, Hortencia. 2012. “Doing Leadership: New models of Chicana/Latina Leadership in Austin, Texas.” Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas En Letras y Cambio Social, 12:1

Jiménez, Hortencia, 2011. “Factors Influencing the Emergence of Immigrant Rights Coalitions (IRCs) in the United States.” Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 9:3

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Jiménez, Hortencia. 2010. “Unidos Por La Justicia and Mujeres Fuertes: Grassroots groups shaping Mexican Immigrant women’s activism in San Jose, California.” Latinos Studies, 8:4

Book Reviews Jimenez, Hortencia. 2012. Book Review: “Remaking Citizenship: Latina Immigrants and New American Politics” by Kathleen M. Coll. Latino Studies.

Jimenez, Hortenica. 2009. Book Review: “Latina Activists across Borders: Women’s Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas” by Milagros Peña. AZTLAN: A Journal of Chicano Studies 34(2).

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Academic service National & Regional 2016 Session organizer-Panel on Parenting and Education, California Sociological Association

2015 Discussant- Undergraduate Roundtable Session (Race/Ethnicity II), Pacific Sociological Association

Session organizer and presider (session 4)-California Sociological Association

Session organizer and presider-”Latina sociology faculty transforming community colleges through a pedagogy of engagement” Pacific Sociological Association

Reviewer, Journal of Mexican Studies/ Estudios Mexicanos

2014-2015 Committee member, Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award. Latina/o Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

Committee member, Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for Race, Gender, Class section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

2010-2011 Graduate Student Representative (elected), Latina/o Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)

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Committee member, Student Paper Competition, Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

2010 Reviewer, Qualitative Sociology

Campus Service

2018. Facilitator-4th Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference. March 24. Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

2017 Facilitator-3rd Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference. March 11. Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Co-Organizer- Community Dialogue: Know Your Immigration Rights. April 23. Juntos Podemos, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Organizer-Immigration Know Your Rights Train-the Trainer Workshop. March 4. Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Organizer-Sociology Speaker Series (Melissa Moreno). March 30. Hartnell College

Committee member- Week of Love. Feb-March. Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Committee member- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Hiring Committee. January. Hartnell College

2016-2018 Volunteer- Majors Fair Transfer & Career Center, Hartnell College

2016-present Committee member- Advisory Council-Pathway to Law School Program. Hartnell College

2016 Organizer-Sociology Speaker Series (Sergio Chavez). May 5. Hartnell College

2015-2017 Student Equity Committee member Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Faculty founder and advisor-Sociology Club Faculty Co-Advisor Folklorico Club

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Organizer-Sociology Speaker Series (Veterans Transition Center of Monterey County. October 21. Hartnell College

Organizer-Sociology Speaker Series (Veterans Club & Veterans Service Center). March 10. Hartnell College

2015 Volunteer- Majors Fair Transfer & Career Center, Hartnell College

Faculty mentor Sharmaine Deluna “The Cosmetic Industry and Western Beauty Ideals: A Case Study of a Cosmetic Counter of a Large Department Store”- Pacific Sociological Association

Monica Guillen “Immigrant Enforcement: ICE at Monterey County Jail” Pacific Sociological Association

Faculty mentor-Student Panelists: Carmen Hernandez, Daniela Hernandez, Marissa Salazar, Jeanette Serrano- “Cultivating Organic and Sustainable Farming in the Salinas ‘Salad Bowl’: Insights from a Community Based Learning Project.” California Sociological Association

2014-2016 Volunteer and planning committee member- Panther Prep/College Day Hartnell College, Salinas, CA. May, 2015

Volunteer & planning committee member- 29th Annual Transfer Day and College Night, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA November 2014.

Contributor in curriculum revision for Sociology and Ethnic Studies- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Presenter and Facilitator-Career Workshop in Sociology, Transfer and Career Center, Hartnell College. September, October, December 2014.

Guest speaker on college experience- Senior students at Greenfield High School, Greenfield, CA. September 2014.

2013 Contributor in Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) report for Sociology and Ethnic Studies, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

2012, 2014 Contributor-Program Planning and Assessment, Chicano Studies Program Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

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2011 Facilitator on Multicultural Leadership, Associated Students of Hartnell College, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Scholarship committee member, Hartnell College Scholarship Program Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

2010 Volunteer for the 14th annual Center for Mexican American Studies Graduation ceremony, University of Texas at Austin. May 2010.

Mentor for underrepresented student- Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) Pre- Graduate School Internship Program, University of Texas at Austin. January- May 2010

Co-Moderator- Keynote Panel: Community Organizing in Texas: Pasado, Presente, y Futuro. NACCS Tejas Foco Regional Conference. Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. February 26.

Planning Committee for the NACCS Tejas Foco Regional Conference Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. December 2009-February 2010.

2009 Guest Speaker. “Fourth Year: Becoming a Ph.D Candidate” Course on Supervised Teaching in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Committee Chair for the Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship award- Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Host for international student attending the 2009 XXIX ILASSA Student Conference, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), University of Texas at Austin

2008-2009 Graduate Student Representative (elected) for Steering Committee of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

2008 Participant on the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Scholars XXXV local Arrangements committee- Center for Mexican American Studies, UT Austin Registration volunteer- National Association of Chicana and Chicano Scholars Conference held in Austin, TX March 21st

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Volunteer for the 12th annual Center for Mexican American Studies Graduation ceremony, University of Texas at Austin

2007 Panelist- Orientation about graduate school, Undergraduate sociology course, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

2006 Reviewer for Intersections-Women’s and Gender Studies in Review across Disciplines, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

2019 With and for Our Children: Lessons from Chicanx/Latinx Community. Northern California Foco Regional Conference, San Jose State University, February 23.

2017 The Forgotten Dead: The In(visiblity) of Latinx Violence in Post-Racial America. National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) NCal Foco Conference- February 18. Chabot College. Hayward, CA.

2016 Nepantleras in a Community College: Student Mothers Negotiating Mothering, School, and Work. November 4. California Sociological Association.

Latina sociology faculty transforming community colleges through a pedagogy of engagement. March. Pacific Sociological Association

2015 Cultivating Organic and Sustainable Farming in the Salinas ‘Salad Bowl’: Insights from a Community Based Learning Project California Sociological Association, November 2015

Latina/o immigrant organic farmers: The role of a local farmer training program in Salinas, CA American Sociological Association, August 2015

2014 Graduate School Workshop, CSU Monterey Bay, MEChA annual Conference, November 2014.

2011 New Models of Latina Leadership, Berkeley, CA, California Sociological Association, November 2011.

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2010 Waking the “Sleeping Giant”?: The Role of Immigrant Rights Coalitions in Mobilizing Protest. Atlanta, Georgia, American Sociological Association, August 2010

Mobilizing Efforts for Immigration Reform: Examining the Reform Immigration for America (RIFA) Campaign. Atlanta Georgia, Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 2010.

Jiménez, Hortencia. The 2006 Mobilizations and Immigrant Rights Coalitions. National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies XXXVII. April 8.

Josefina Castillo, Maria Luisa Bautista, Jiménez, Hortencia. Guia de Recursos para Inmigrantes en el Contado de Travis. Abriendo Brecha VII: Activist Scholarship Conference on Scholarship, Activism, and Social Justice. University of Texas at Austin, February 19.

Jimenez, Hortencia. “Mujeres en la Lucha: Latinas performance of motherhood in the Immigrant Rights Movement. 17th Emerging Scholarship in Women and Gender Studies Annual Graduate Student Conference. University of Texas at Austin, February 19

2009 Jiménez, Hortencia. Anti-Immigration Legislation and the Emergence of Immigrant Rights Coalitions. Undocumented Hispanic Migration: On the Margins of a Dream, Connecticut College, October 2009.

Jiménez, Hortencia. Marching for Immigrant Rights: Immigrant Rights Coalitions (IRCs) in the U.S. American Sociological Association, August 2009

2008 Jiménez, Hortencia, Barbarena, Laura, Young, Michael. “It Just Happened”: The Student Walkouts of 2006.” American Sociological Association, August 2008.

Jiménez, Hortencia, “Female immigrants are more passive:”? A case study of the 2006 student walkouts in central Texas. Women and Gender Studies Student Conference. University of Texas at Austin, April 3.

Jiménez, Hortencia. “It all started with MySpace”: A Study of Student Walkouts in Dallas, Austin, and Round Rock, Texas. SJSU Immigration Conference. San Jose, CA, April 11.

2007 Jiménez, Hortencia, Laura Barberena, and Michael Young. “This Space is MySpace: Social Software, Spontaneity, and Emotion in the Dallas walkouts

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of 2006” American Sociological Association, August 11.

Jiménez, Hortencia, The Emergence of a Student Social Movement: A Case Study of Walkouts in Dallas, Texas. Tejas Foco Conference. University of North Texas, Mar 3.

2006 Jiménez, Hortencia, Mexican Immigrant Women in Grassroots Activism in San Jose, California Abriendo Brecha III: Activist Scholarship Conference on Crisis, Politics & Performance in the Americas. University of Texas at Austin, February 16.

2004 Jiménez, Hortencia, Immigration status as a form of identity formation among Mexican immigrants. Preliminary thesis presented at the National Association of Chicano and Chicana Scholars, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1.

2003 Glesson, Shannon, Jiménez, Hortencia. Applying to Graduate School. California Sociological Association, Berkeley, California, Nov 8.

Jiménez, Hortencia, Immigration status and Immigrant Identity. Preliminary research presented at the California Sociological Association, Berkeley, California, Nov 7

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2018 Faculty Recognition Award TRIO Program, Hartnell College

2016 Faculty Recognition Award Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

Recognition of Outstanding Faculty EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA

2010 NACCS Immigrant Beca National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies

2004 C. Wright Mills Graduate Student Award Sociology Department, San Jose State University

2003 McNair Scholar-San Jose State University

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COMMUNITY AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2018 Community Achievement Awards. 29th Anniversary of Latino Network of Monterey County -Certificate of Recognition-Monterey County Board of Supervisors -Certificate of Recognition- California Legislature Assembly, Anna M. Caballero

2016 Certificado de Participacion-Conferencia de Jovenes Migrantes/Out of School Youth (OSY)Migrant Education

2013 The Human Relations Awards 2003- San Jose, California -Resolution of Commendation-County of Santa Clara, Board of Supervisors -Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition-member of Congress, Mike Honda -Certificate of Recognition- State of California, Senate,

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2016-present Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)

2009-present Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

2005-present American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Latino/a Sociology, Migration/Immigration, Race, Gender, and Class

2005-2006 Alpha Kappa Delta- International Sociology Honor Society

2004-present National Association of Chicana and Chicano Scholars-NACCS

2003-present California Sociological Association

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY/OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2018 Co-Presenter. CSUMB Undocu-Success: Visibility and Challenge. April 28. CSUMB, Monterey Bay

2016 Workshop Facilitator- Conferencia de Jovenes Migrantes/Out of

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School Youth (OSY). Migrant Education. May 7.

Guest Speaker- English Learner Advisory Committee. Main Street Middle School. Soledad, CA. January 19.

2015 Wellness Fair presenter, Adelante Con Orgullo Mujer Inmigrante (ACOMI) Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA. December 5.

Guest Speaker- Mrs Sara White’s junior AVID class. Soledad High School. Soledad, CA. December 2.

Volunteer-Make A Difference Day Event-Natividad Creek Park Cleanup organized by Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project, Salinas, CA, October 24.

Keynote Speaker-Scholars Symposium sponsored by the College Success Scholarship Program. Evergreen Community College, San Jose, CA. July 2015.

2014 Walk-a-thon Committee Member, Sacred Heart School, Salinas, CA Volunteer- Gill Basketball Academy (GBA), Alisal High School, Salinas, CA

2013 Walk-a-thon Committee Member, Sacred Heart School, Salinas, CA

2009-2010 Steering Committee Member for the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, Austin, TX

2009 Volunteer for “Women and Fair Trade: Rise Up Through Fair Trade.” American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Austin, Texas. Nov 22-23.

“Guia de Recursos para Inmigrantes en el Condado de Travis.” Created a one hundred page guide explaining to newly arrived and established immigrants how social institutions function and their rights.

Member of Mamas of Color Rising. Austin Chapter.

2007- 2010 Board of Directors-Inmigrantes Latino En Acción (ILA), Austin, Texas

2007 Volunteer for Austin’s Citizenship Drive

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN), San José CA 95112

03/2003-12/2003 Community Education Leadership Development-Program Director ▪ Developed and translated community education materials for dissemination regarding immigrant issues, advocacy, workshops and fact sheets. ▪ Coordinated and conducted community presentations on immigration issues with schools, adult education programs and community based organizations and service providers. ▪ Supervisor of two community base projects ▪ Planned and implemented short-term campaign projects ▪ Coordinator and supervisor for the Spanish/English Immigrant Q&A assistance hotline ▪ Supervisor for two San Jose State University Sociology interns ▪ Coordinator for various projects in coalition with other groups (Language Access & Community Education Service (LACES) Collaborative Project Coordinator and the Citizenship Coordinator for the Santa Clara County Citizenship Collaborative)

06/2002-03/2003 Citizenship Coordinator ▪ Developed and implemented SIREN citizenship services ▪ Recruited, hired, and trained two Program Associate staff ▪ Recruited, and trained three SJSU interns ▪ Developed and coordinated two Mini Citizenship Day events regarding citizenship process, requirements, and eligibility. ▪ Planned and implemented three Citizenship Mock interviews ▪ Planned and implemented a short-term campaign to get out the Immigrant Vote

02/2001 -06/2002 Program Associate ▪ Provided citizenship application assistance, advocacy, and follow up- services to qualified applicants ▪ Processed citizenship applications, including application assistance, maintaining client files, and reporting monthly intakes. ▪ Coordinated outreach and publicity activities that encouraged eligible immigrant community members to apply for citizenship ▪ Provided initial intake, documentation, and assessment for the Spanish Q&A line

SKILLS

Languages: Bilingual biliterate English and Spanish Computer Programming: Software packages for qualitative analysis: ATLAS.ti,

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MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Interviews: Radio Bilingue 90.1 FM, The Monterey Herald, Radio KOOP 91.7 FM, Austin, TX, San Jose Mercury News, in Spanish in the following media outlets: Nuevo Mundo, La Oferta Review, El Observador, ENFOQUE, CNN in Español, KNTV UNIVISON 14, KSTS TELEMUNDO 48, LA KALIENTE: 1370 AM, KLOK1170 AM, San Jose, CA

Interview appearances: Salinas: UNIVISION 67 Austin: UNIVISION 62 San Jose: CHANNEL 4, CHANNEL 7, NBC 11, KNTV UNIVISON 14, KSTS TELEMUNDO 48, KMVT 15

Invited guest speaker: Candidates debate for Governor KSTS TELEMUNDO 48 Encuentro en la Bahia for KNTV UNIVISION 14 Encuentro en la Americas KMVT 15

References available upon request