NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

My Journey

Growing Up

Born and Raised in Santa Paula by Alfonso (“Al”) and Mary Sandoval
Educated at Glen City School (K-3), Blanchard (4-6), Isbell (7-8), and Santa Paula High (9-12)
Baptized at Guadalupe Church, First Communion and Confirmation at St. Sebastian Church

1985-89 Santa Paula High Band/Jazz Band
- 1989 Outstanding Jazz Band Musician
1986-89 Varsity Track and Cross Country
- 1987 Soph/Frosh Frontier League 880 Yard Champion
- 1988 CIF Cross Country
1988 Boys’ State Representative
1989 Roger Bowes Award for Outstanding Senior Boy
1989 Rotary Scholar
1989 National Hispanic Scholar (The College Board)

1990-93 Oracle Full Ride Scholarship
1991 Dorm Vice President (Lloyd House)
1992/93 Caltech Y Treasurer, Executive Committee, Student Volunteer Coordinator,
and Tijuana Work Trip Coordinator
1992 Lucy L. Guernsey Community Service Award
1993 Graduated with Honors
1993 Caltech Most Outstanding Minority Student in Academics
1993-94 Connecticut Catholic Service Corps
1998 Mitch Snyder Award for Homelessness Activism
2000 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology
2000-01 Cornell University Anonymous Donor Fellowship
2001-04 Housing & Urban Development Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow

2003-2016 Council, Worship and Music, Social Ministry Committees, First Lutheran Church, Ellington CT
2017 - present Evaluation and ROI Committee, Family Justice Center, Ventura County District Attorney
2017 - present Board/Treasurer, First Christian Church, Santa Paula
2018 - present Trustee, Blanchard Community Library
2019 - present Santa Paula & Ventura County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee
2019 - present Local Control and Accountability Plan Committee Member, Santa Paula Unified School District
2019 - present Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce Member