NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
My Journey
Growing Up
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Born and Raised in Santa Paula by Alfonso (“Al”) and Mary Sandoval
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Educated at Glen City School (K-3), Blanchard (4-6), Isbell (7-8), and Santa Paula High (9-12)
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Baptized at Guadalupe Church, First Communion and Confirmation at St. Sebastian Church
High School
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1985-89 Santa Paula High Band/Jazz Band
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1989 Outstanding Jazz Band Musician
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1986-89 Varsity Track and Cross Country
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1987 Soph/Frosh Frontier League 880 Yard Champion
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1988 CIF Cross Country
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1988 Boys’ State Representative
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1989 Roger Bowes Award for Outstanding Senior Boy
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1989 Rotary Scholar
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1989 National Hispanic Scholar (The College Board)
College (Undergraduate and Graduate)
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1990-93 Oracle Full Ride Scholarship
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1991 Dorm Vice President (Lloyd House)
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1992/93 Caltech Y Treasurer, Executive Committee, Student Volunteer Coordinator,
and Tijuana Work Trip Coordinator -
1992 Lucy L. Guernsey Community Service Award
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1993 Graduated with Honors
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1993 Caltech Most Outstanding Minority Student in Academics
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1993-94 Connecticut Catholic Service Corps
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1998 Mitch Snyder Award for Homelessness Activism
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2000 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Rural Sociology
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2000-01 Cornell University Anonymous Donor Fellowship
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2001-04 Housing & Urban Development Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow
After College
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2003-2016 Council, Worship and Music, Social Ministry Committees, First Lutheran Church, Ellington CT
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2017 - present Evaluation and ROI Committee, Family Justice Center, Ventura County District Attorney
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2017 - present Board/Treasurer, First Christian Church, Santa Paula
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2018 - present Trustee, Blanchard Community Library
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2019 - present Santa Paula & Ventura County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee
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2019 - present Local Control and Accountability Plan Committee Member, Santa Paula Unified School District
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2019 - present Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce Member

