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At The Greenlining Institute, we don't just talk about diversity, we practice it every day. Our talented staff and Academy participants come from a wide variety of backgrounds and bring a diverse range of life experiences to the work of advancing justice and equity for all of America's communities.
Orson Aguilar is the Executive Director of the Greenlining Institute, one of the nation's largest and most successful multi-ethnic, public policy nonprofits. Greenlining works to bring the American Dream within reach of all communities, regardless of race or income. Because people of color will be the majority of our nation's population by 2040, Greenlining believes that America will prosper only if communities of color prosper.
Founded in 1993, Greenlining conducts research, advocates for better public policies, and trains young leaders. Greenlining has expertise on a variety of major policy issues, including the economy, environment, energy, telecommunications, health, and electoral issues. Greenlining runs one of the nation's most successful leadership programs targeting tomorrow's leaders.
Orson's leadership has been featured in major media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Univision, Telemundo, La Opinion, NPR, Politico, The Huffington Post and many others news outlets. He meets regularly with major Fortune 100 CEOs and with many of our nation's political leaders.
Orson has been recognized by the New Leaders Council, Latino Leaders Magazine, La Opinion, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and Silicon Valley Latino.
Orson's passion is fueled on his experiences growing up in the immigrant and working class neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. He attended U.C. Santa Cruz and received a Master's Degree in Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Orson is a product of Greenlining's leadership academy. He is also a former PPIA Fellow and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow. Orson lives in Oakland, CA with his wife Claudia, and their three children, Emilio, Nayeli, and Danilo.
Preeti Vissa is The Greenlining Institute's Chief Operating Officer, responsible for enhancing the internal organization processes and infrastructure that will allow Greenlining to continue to grow and fulfill its mission.
Previously, as director of the Economic Equity team, Preeti led Greenlining's efforts to ensure that the country's largest financial institutions serve the needs of diverse communities. In this capacity, she regularly led delegations of community leaders in meetings with the nation's leading financial regulators and CEOs. Preeti has published reports on issues of homeownership, small business entrepreneurship, supplier diversity and regulatory reform. She has presented and testified in numerous panels and hearings before the Federal Reserve and other official bodies. She is a graduate of Greenlining's Leadership Academy.
Preeti graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and has a Master's in Social Work from Columbia University. She loves cooking and thinks that hot sauce should be considered one of the major food groups.
Stephanie Chen directs Greenlining's advocacy in energy and telecommunications policy. She oversees Greenlining's legal counsel at the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, who advocate on a wide range of issues impacting underserved consumers and small businesses. Stephanie has litigated several high-profile cases impacting billions of dollars in utility rates, winning broad statewide protections for communities of color, low income ratepayers and small business owners.
Outside of Greenlining, Stephanie serves as secretary of the Board of Directors for the Conference of California Public Utility Counsel, the specialty bar association of attorneys and regulatory personnel who practice before the CPUC. Additionally, Stephanie serves on the Advisory Board for the California Consumer Protection Foundation, and for Skyline College's Paralegal Studies Program. Stephanie has a B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She loves eating, cooking, gardening, eating, cheering loudly for the Oakland A's, eating, and sporadically blogging about food.
As Development Director, Janine makes sure Greenlining has the resources it needs to advance its mission. In her tenure at Greenlining, she has played a key role in increasing the organization's budget by 20 percent, and independent philanthropic grants by 80 percent. Her shining accomplishment has been building the organization's development systems from the ground up. When Janine was asked about her favorite part of the job, she answered, "Taking a mess of information and analysis, identifying key themes, and boiling it all down to a simple and compelling idea."
Janine comes from a background in racial justice print media. In her off hours, she writes and illustrates children's books, and runs a fledgling publishing company, Blood Orange Press. As mama to two boys, her experiences as the lone femme in a house of men (well, one man and two mancubs) was the inspiration for her first children's book – Oh, Oh, Baby Boy! Find her on twitter: @j9macbeth @BloodOrangePress
Rosa María Martinez is The Greenlining Institute's Office Director, overseeing the management of our office and building. Previously, she worked with the Bridges to Health Team managing Greenlining's Diversity in the Health Workforce initiative, looking at current representation of people of color at all levels within the health field. She also worked on ensuring that information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was reaching limited-English communities throughout California, conducting presentations across the state. Rosa María co-authored an issue brief designed to help ethnic small businesses understand key elements of the ACA affecting them.
Rosa María currently sits on the Advisory Council to the San Francisco Mexican Consulate and is the secretary for the Council's Committee on Health and Sports. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature with a minor in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
Originally from Zacatecas, México, Rosa grew up the Bay Area where she currently lives with her husband and daughter. In her spare time she loves to go horseback riding.
Bruce Mirken brings two decades of journalism and communications experience as well as a long history of activism to his position as Media Relations Director. An award-winning writer who serves as Greenlining's resident editor and all-purpose wordsmith, Bruce's work has appeared in wide range of publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Men's Health, and The Advocate. From 2001 through 2009, he served as Director of Communications for the Marijuana Policy Project. In that capacity, he appeared frequently on radio and television, including ABC World News, Anderson Cooper 360, and The Rachel Maddow Show, and was quoted in newspapers and magazines worldwide. His activist career began in the LGBT community (starting just out of college with the campaign against Proposition 6, which would have fired gay or lesbian schoolteachers in California) and quickly branched out to a wide array of social justice issues.
In his spare time, Bruce enjoys hiking, cooking and gardening – hoping that the San Francisco fog will burn off enough to permit a decent tomato crop each summer. He claims to make the world's best spaghetti sauce, though our Research department considers this claim unverified.
Braelan Murray, a Bay Area native, is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he received his B.F.A. in Film and Video Production. An award-winning filmmaker with over a decade of experience using media as a tool for advancing social change, his portfolio includes work for local unions, progressive nonprofits and cutting-edge media design firms —notably as editor and videographer on Annie Leonard's world-renowned animated short, The Story of Stuff. As Communications Director at The Greenlining Institute, Braelan has expanded and transformed Greenlining's use of all forms of media to tell the stories of the issues and communities we advocate for, greatly expanding the organization's presence in all forms of new media.
When Braelan isn't working, you can find him in the lab searching for the perfect blend of arts and activism, attempting to recreate the simple brilliance of his Nanna's Italian recipes, or on the golf course blaming his clubs for his inability to shoot par.
Claudia Paredes is Leadership Academy director for The Greenlining Institute. A formerly undocumented immigrant from Peru, Claudia holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Public Policy from Pepperdine University. Claudia is a perpetual student of leadership and believes in the power of personal development and empowerment as a means to greater social change. She is a proud of alumna of Rockwood Leadership Institute and the Hispanas Organized for Policy Equality (HOPE) Leadership Institute, both focusing on individual leadership growth and practice. Together with a dedicated team, she leads five core leadership programs that engage young leaders of color in various stages of their educational and professional trajectory.
Claudia is an older sister, daughter and recently adopted mother to Charlie, Greenlining's multi-ethnic leadership dog. In 2011, Claudia became a homeowner in Oakland.
As the Claiming Our Democracy Director at The Greenlining Institute, Michelle works to strengthen democracy by ensuring that communities of color have a voice. In 2010-11, Michelle led a statewide campaign to involve an unprecedented number of people of color in California's process of redrawing the state's legislative and congressional districts – the first time districts were drawn by a citizen commission. As a co-founding member of the Future of California Elections Collaborative, she also partnered with county election officials, civil rights and good government groups to improve the state's voting materials and identify what's working and what's not for communities of color. Michelle also wrote and lobbied for legislation to extend language access to the initiative process and voting rights to former felons.
Michelle earned her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she organized state and national campaigns for higher education and immigrant rights. Currently, Michelle serves on the Executive Committee of the board of California Common Cause and on MapLight's Voter's Edge Advisory Board. When not working, she can be found spending time with her husband and family, barbecuing, soaking up the sun, or singing country music.
Before joining Greenlining as Health Policy Director, Carla Saporta educated and mobilized community members on policy issues and worked with policymakers to create and implement policy that benefits the community. She currently represents the community's interest as an advisory member on Covered California's Small Business Health Options Program Advisory Group.
In her role at Greenlining, Carla leads advocacy efforts to ensure that implementation of the Affordable Care Act will benefit communities of color. This entails working with policymakers to pass and implement state reforms, increasing health workforce diversity, increasing access to care for boys and young men of color, and finding solutions to covering those who will not benefit from the ACA. Carla also oversees Greenlining's community benefit advocacy, which focuses on increasing funding for upstream programs that improve public health. Carla received her B.A. from Occidental College and her Master of Public Health at Portland State University through the Oregon Master of Public Health Program.
When Carla isn't working, you can often find her running the lake with her sidekick Riley, Greenlining's office dog and mood booster; brainstorming home DIY and redecorating projects for her and her fiancé to tackle; or attempting to grow vegetables in her backyard.
Vien Truong leads our Environmental Equity team, working to create solutions for poverty and pollution at the state legislature, California Public Utilities Commission, and in localities around the state. She has created state programs and policies around the country to direct billions of dollars in funding and resources to the communities most vulnerable to climate change. In 2012, Vien helped pass SB 535 (de Leon) which directs a quarter of CA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to disadvantaged communities. In 2014, she co-led the Charge Ahead Initiative (SB 1275, de Leon) – California's million electric cars campaign which created clean transportation choices for low income and working families.
Vien has received congressional, state, regional and local awards for her work on behalf of low-income communities and communities of color. In 2013, Vien was featured in the SF Chronicle as one of San Francisco's "Top Women Leaders." In 2014, she received Urban Habitat's "Movement Builder" award and Oxfam America's "Act Local, Think Global" award.
Prior to joining Greenlining, she led Green For All's state policy and workforce development efforts. Vien was an Associate Attorney for the New Business Practicum at UC Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, has worked with California Senator Joe Simitian in researching and developing state law, clerked with Chief Magistrate James Larson at the San Francisco Federal District Court and was the Community Economic Justice Law Fellow at UC Berkeley's East Bay Community Law Center, helping to develop innovative, long-term economic development solutions to address the systemic problems confronting low-income communities.
She holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Vien has served on the City of Oakland's Planning Commission, helping guide the growth and development of her hometown.
Sasha Werblin is an Oakland native who brings extensive nonprofit, public sector and campaign experience to the Economic Equity team. As Economic Equity Director, she works to build wealth, assets, and financial sustainability in communities of color. Her policy experience began as Greenlining's Sustainable Development Fellow, successfully lobbying AB 624 (Coto), the Foundation Diversity and Transparency Act, through the state Assembly and organizing communities of color across the state to ensure that large California foundations equitably support minority-led nonprofits.
Between completion of her Academy fellowship and returning to Greenlining, Sasha ran Congresswoman Barbara Lee's successful 2008 reelection campaign. She has also worked in Mombasa, Kenya for Kituo Cha Sheria: Centre for Legal Empowerment to ensure that undeserved communities were at the vanguard of local development initiatives as well as helping local community-based organizations to build fundraising and organizational capacity. She was assistant director at a progressive campaign consulting firm mobilizing activists, building membership and fundraising for organizations like Amnesty International, Equality California and Save the Children.
Sasha graduated from Smith College in 2007 with a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology. In her spare time, she loves to dance, sing, style her friends for special occasions, go garage and estate sale hopping and play with her cat Charlie.
Zainab is from San Diego and recently graduated from UC San Diego with a B.A. in International Studies with a focus in Political Science and History. Her first exposure to public policy was through her internship with Students for Economic Justice at the Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI) in San Diego. This experience sparked her interest in further pursuing public policy.
Zainab is passionate about finding innovative solutions to the challenges of governance on local, state, and national levels. As the Claiming our Democracy fellow, Zainab looks forward to working on projects that will make the legislative process more accessible and inclusive during her time at The Greenlining Institute. If Zainab were a superhero her name would be z-badz and her superpower would be mind control.
As the Economic Equity Program Manager, Danielle advocates for a financial sector that looks more like America. She leads Greenlining's work with the Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion to increase workforce and supplier diversity. Danielle believes that increasing the representation of people of color in the banking world is essential to economic recovery and prosperity for the entire nation. She received her BA from Stanford University in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity with Honors, where she engaged with multiple sectors on racial justice issues. Danielle wrote an honors thesis investigating the perceptions of government employees on women of color in cases of domestic violence. After college, Danielle joined Greenlining as the 2012-2013 Economic Equity Fellow and has continued to grow with her dynamic team.
When not elbows deep in policy memos, Danielle enjoys going to microbreweries and discovering new food trucks. As a result, she can usually be found huffing and puffing her way through cardio kickboxing classes most weekends.
Patrick Brown joined Greenlining's team in 2012 as the Manager of the Leadership Academy. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, he comes from a lineage of community and labor organizers. While completing his B.A. at DePaul University in Political Science with a minor in Environmental Science, he served as training coordinator for DePaul's Labor Education Program.
Committed to economic and community development, Patrick worked with OAI, Inc. for the next 10 years developing and implementing training programs for a national network of workforce re-entry programs. As manager of an EPA Brownfields job training grant, Patrick partnered with and developed the Greencorps Chicago program as a model for green jobs training programs. As a Green for All Fellow, he continues to provide trainings and workshops to engage disenfranchised communities in the green economy workforce.
Patrick is deeply connected to social justice artists / activists across the country and travels often. He loves 'deep house' music and enjoys spending time on crowded dance floors. He practices Vipassana meditation at the East Bay Meditation Center and is an active member in the East Bay Church of Religious Science. He lifts his voice with his church choir and is constantly considering how to achieve his dream of becoming a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.
Alheli Cuenca was born and raised in sunny Fresno, California. She graduated this year from Mills College with a B.A. in Political, Legal, & Economic Analysis with an emphasis in Legal Studies and a minor in Sociology. Alheli is passionate about education and is a powerful advocate. As a peer educator with the Mills College Diversity and Social Justice Resource Center, her passion grew and she focused her advocacy skills.
As an established peer educator, Alheli spent time as a policy intern with Educators for Fair Consideration. Doing this work allowed her to see firsthand how community organizing and public policy advocacy can affect comprehensive legislation reform addressing social issues. Having learned that lesson, Alheli committed herself to the work of social justice. Upon completing her fellowship, Alheli plans to pursue a Masters in Public Policy and a Juris Doctorate to help her achieve the ultimate goal of bettering the world through public service. Alheli enjoys quiet activities and loves lounging with her cat, Lola, in her family's patio while listening to country music.
Last November, Alheli participated in a half-marathon, which came as a surprise to her family because she has never enjoyed running due to her asthma and growing up in Fresno — not exactly the best combination. Thankfully her body was strong enough to complete the half-marathon, despite her failed attempts to actually train for it. This was a transformative experience for Alheli, as she experienced firsthand how powerful she was (mentally, emotionally, and physically) to stay motivated throughout the run and how liberating It felt to cross the finish line.
Since then, Alheli has made a commitment to herself to build her endurance so she can participate in future running events every year as a symbol of self-love and self-care.
JC De Vera is a Bay Area native who grew up in San Jose. Believing that education would help lift his family out of the working-class struggle, he overcame the obstacles he faced in a violent, under-resourced high school and made it to his dream college, UCLA, where he graduated magna cum laude in 2011 with a B.A. in Sociology and Asian American Studies.
At UCLA, he developed his passion for community empowerment and solidified his life's mission: ridding the world of hate and inequality. As a student activist and elected student government official, he advocated tirelessly for college affordability, the expansion of ethnic studies, and increased access and retention for students of color in higher education. JC began his Greenlining journey with the Academy as the 2011-2012 Communications Fellow. Today, he's Greenlining's new media whiz, managing online communications and strategizing online campaigns to expand Greenlining's reach and impact. When he's not busy tweeting away, you can find him jamming out to Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, jogging around Lake Merritt, or taking his love for hip-hop dancing to a local Bay Area bar.
Todd Doherty is Greenlining's Systems Administrator, responsible for all IT resources and helping to keep the organization ahead of the curve on technology implementation. Beyond keeping everything running, Todd strives to use technology as a tool that strengthens the impact of Greenlining's work and facilitates more efficient use of staff time. Todd graduated from UCLA with a Master's in Ecology and has experience working for numerous environmental nonprofits at the intersection of Technology and Environmental Science. He is a true interdisciplinary professional and his main goal in life is to use technology to affect positive environmental and social change.
Originally from Lake Tahoe, Todd has since lived in Los Angeles, Mexico and Costa Rica. He is a brand new resident of Oakland and is thrilled to be a part of a vibrant, diverse community that is stepping up to modern challenges together. In his free time, you can find Todd adventuring in nature or relishing the wealth of cultural outlets he now finds himself amongst.
Joel was born in Gallup, New Mexico and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where his family currently resides. He graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a B.A. in Philosophy, a minor in Justice Studies, and a certificate in Ethics. Joel recently graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law where he served as the Academic Chair of the La Raza Law Students Association and Acquisitions Editor of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal.
Joel's experiences growing up in a low-income, immigrant household compelled his interest in and passion for policy issues affecting underrepresented communities. In law school, Joel received the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association Public Interest Law Fellowship and worked at the California Appellate Project, the Office of Staff Attorneys at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Federal Trade Commission. In his fellowship, he hopes to obtain the skills and experience necessary to effectively advance the interests of underprivileged communities. If Joel was a superhero, his name would be The Green Alchemist and he would have the power to feed the hungry by turning waste and pollution into healthy and nutritious pizza, burgers, ice cream, and chocolate chip cookies for the world to enjoy.
Francisco Espinoza is the oldest of four sons of two immigrant parents. Living as an undocumented youth provided plenty of challenges, and Francisco worked hard in school to make his family and community proud. After high school Francisco attended Citrus College, completed undergrad at the University of California Riverside, and most recently received his Masters of Public Health degree from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Throughout his post-secondary education, Francisco was extremely grateful for the emotional and financial support offered by friends, family, and his community, including an online campaign that provided the tuition for his first quarter of graduate school.
As a Health Equity Fellow, Francisco is excited to develop the skills needed to work with communities to improve the intersections of health and environment. His commitment to improving health is personal and stems from inequalities he has experienced trying to access healthcare with his family. Francisco's parents, the foundation of this success, are like many immigrant parents: hard-working, selfless, and loving. His ultimate career goal is to practice medicine with principles of cultural humility and cultural competency so that children can have the support of their parents like he had from his.
During his spare time, Francisco enjoys learning life lessons from the sport of baseball. His favorite national park is Yosemite and he aspires to hike Half-Dome in the near future. When appropriate he strums the guitar, attempting to create melodies.
Jessica Fuentes immigrated to the Bay Area from Puebla, Mexico at the age of four with her mother and younger sister. She is a proud product of the Hayward Unified School District and a first generation college graduate from UC Berkeley. The barriers she and her family faced in accessing health and higher education opportunities based solely on immigration status shaped Jessica into an immigrant rights leader.
As an undergraduate, she advocated for undocumented student rights to higher education, volunteered at various Bay Area health organizations, and spent a semester in Washington, D.C. interning and researching the intersection between health and immigration policies.
During her time at Street Level Health Project, an Oakland-based community health center dedicated to improving the lives of immigrant communities, Jessica held multiple roles, from food program coordinator to community relations manager. Her most cherished role, however, was working one-on-one with community members and helping them navigate the health care system to find adequate and affordable resources for their immediate needs. She is excited to be part of the Health Equity Fellowship and looks forward to contributing over four years of direct community health experience to developing and improving policy solutions for marginalized communities.
Jessica plans to return to school in the near future to pursue a Master of Public Health. She loves spending Sunday afternoons with her family, playing board games, going salsa dancing, and traveling with her loyal companion, Eeyore.
Anthony Galace is from Chula Vista, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology, with a focus in Human Biology and Health Sciences. As the child of Filipino immigrants, Anthony's desire to advocate for underserved communities was shaped by his exposure to the struggles his family members and other immigrants faced while coming to the United States.
During his time at UCB, Anthony further developed his passion for advocacy through active involvement with multicultural coalitions to increase student-of-color resources. Upon graduating, he interned at Asian Health Services, a community health center in Oakland Chinatown, where he helped publish a comprehensive report detailing the primary health concerns of the Filipino population in Union City, California. As an aspiring healthcare professional, Anthony is excited to join the Bridges to Health team, where he hopes to contribute to increasing access for communities of color to quality, affordable, culturally-competent healthcare. If he were a superhero, his superpower would be to manipulate the velocity of time, and the world would know him as Captain Gametime.
Paul Goodman's work is grounded in the belief that all telecommunications policy has racial equity impacts. He serves as Greenlining's legal counsel at the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, advocating for underserved communities' access to affordable and reliable telephone, video, and Internet services. While at Greenlining, Paul has successfully opposed the highly anti-consumer proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, fought to preserve critical consumer protections for telephone service, and helped shape the evolution of state and federal Universal Service Programs. He is a regular contributor to Greenlining's blog, where he writes about telecommunications and competition policy.
Paul received his Juris Doctor degree from John F. Kennedy University School of Law, and his Legum Magister degree in Intellectual Property from Santa Clara University School of Law. While at Santa Clara University, Paul worked as a Research Fellow at the Broadband Institute of California, working on issues including net neutrality, deceptive Internet service provider terms and conditions, and the regulation of broadcast television and radio. Paul's previous experience includes work on criminal defense and Constitutional law issues as a private attorney.
In his spare time, Paul enjoys cooking and creating welded, forged, and cast metal sculpture and kinetic art. He lives in Oakland with his wife, who is a registered nurse and published author of urban fantasy novels.
Stacy Maldonado is the House Manager at Casa Joaquin, Greenlining's multi-ethnic residential leadership program for low-income, first generation UC Berkeley students. She was raised in South Central Los Angeles and holds a B.A. in American Studies with an emphasis in Consumer Society and Globalism from the UC Berkeley. Prior to joining The Greenlining Institute, Stacy worked as the Programs and Policy Associate with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE), where she helped manage the HOPE Leadership Institute – an intensive statewide leadership program designed for professional women in California. She is passionate about the arts, access to higher education, and the professional and leadership development of young adults.
Stacy has run a half-marathon without training (do not try this at home), and continues training for a full marathon — although she is convinced that she is a better sprinter than long-distance runner. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, lounging with her puppy Bailey, and creating her own dance moves such as "the robot reject." Stacy's everyday mission is to laugh… and eat ice cream.
Hector joined our Development team in the summer of 2013 as Grants Associate, providing much-needed writing support and coordination of materials for existing grants, including grant reports and renewals. He has followed a proudly non-traditional life path, having danced and raised hell everywhere from Hawai'i to Colombia.
Following the strong example of challenging the unjust status quo that led his family to leave Latin America, he majored in Dramatic Art with an emphasis in Dance at the University of California, Davis, where he also worked as an LGBT student activist. He has also worked as an educator, returning to his native Colombia for a while in the hopes of expanding the minds of Latin America's youth to the possibilities of a better, more peaceful and just world. His favorite activity other than dancing is conversing with people about history, politics, social dynamics, and spiritual practices.
Tariq is from Boston, Massachusetts and a recent graduate from Ithaca College with a B.A. in Politics and a Minor in Black Studies. Amidst a number of campus and citywide involvements, Tariq's leadership experience capstoned with his tenure on the Ithaca College Board of Trustees as the sole student member. There he was able to advocate for underrepresented populations as well as lobby for much needed policy changes that would benefit all students, not just some.
Tariq believes that systematic racism prevents our society from actualizing into one that is just and equitable. As such he is most excited about his work as a fellow in exploring tangible ways to empower the voiceless while simultaneously beginning to reverse 400 years of discrimination and disenfranchisement. He is looking forward to good food and the new experiences California brings. If he were a superhero he'd be "Heart Throb"–a superhero that helps people fall in love with just one wink.
Carmelita Miller was born in the Philippines and grew up in South San Francisco, California. She graduated from Sacramento State University where she became a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Greek studies. After a graduating from UC Hastings College of the Law, she became a Greenlining Legal Fellow in 2013-14, focusing on telecommunications policy.
While at UC Hastings, she served as the President of the Pilipino American Law Society and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal. Inspired by her personal experiences living in low-income, immigrant, and working class communities, she dedicated her free time in law school to providing legal assistance to the low-income population by interning and volunteering at various pro bono organizations such as Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, UC Hastings Civil Justice Clinic, Legal Aid of San Francisco's Workers Rights Clinic, the Veterans Equity Center, and the Filipino Community Center.
When she is not studying or fighting for justice, Carmelita enjoys lounging, hiking, and playing with her two black labrador retrievers named Maximus and Athena.
Yurida Ramos is Greenlining's Events Coordinator. She oversees the production of Greenlining's special events throughout the year. Most recently, she coordinated Greenlining's 20th Anniversary Economic Summit and the 2013 Supplier Diversity Report Card event in San Francisco. A passionate advocate for high quality education, Yurida previously coordinated multi-subject curriculum for an after-school program within the Berkeley Unified School District.
Originally from Farmersville, California, Yurida moved to the Bay Area to pursue her bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Yurida plans to return to school and pursue a master's degree in public policy. During her free time, Yurida enjoys practicing Pilates and watching her favorite sci fi shows.
Juan Reynoso is from Escondido, California and received a B.A. in Human Biology with a concentration in the Social Determinants of Health from Stanford University. Motivated by his immigrant family upbringing and the xenophobic political atmosphere of his hometown, Juan became passionate about addressing issues of social and economic equity, especially in how they relate to public health. He is one of the Health Equity Fellows at The California Endowment office in Los Angeles.
While at Stanford, Juan pursued this passion for public health by becoming involved in various research and service-learning opportunities. Juan co-led a community-based participatory research project to investigate how a farm-based summer camp intervention would affect socioeconomically underserved children's preferences for vegetables. Moreover, as part of an undergraduate honors thesis, he implemented a youth photovoice project in which he investigated the attitudes that low-income suburban youth have toward their food environment. Most recently, Juan was an intern at San Mateo County's Health Policy and Planning division, where he assisted in their countywide health equity initiatives and publications. In the future, Juan hopes to apply to graduate programs in public health and public policy.
Whenever Juan is not keeping up with current events and social media, you can find him running long distances, loving all things blueberry, or dancing ballet folklórico. He is an avid reader, pseudo-vegetarian, and enjoys nerding out to the Avatar anime series. Juan is looking forward to becoming an Angeleno and exploring all the parks and museums in the region.
Ozi Uduma is a graduate of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor; double majoring in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies (graduating with Distinction). She was born and raised in Detroit, by way of Nigerian parentage. She is the former Co-chair for the Coalition for Queer People of Color and a former executive member for the Black Student Union.
Ozi is passionate about celebrating lived experiences of everyone, especially women of color, and dismantling the shame that we were taught to embody because of said experiences.
When she is not working, Ozi loves to read, swim, dance Bachata, and spend hours on Tumblr and Netflix! Additionally, when not expressing herself using written and/or verbal language, Ozi expresses herself through Tumblr gifs. So, if you find any that she should add to her lexicon, please send them her way. No, seriously … send them her way.
Pang Vang was born in Thailand and raised in Sacramento. As the eldest in the family, she held many responsibilities and quickly learned to be a self-advocator. Believing that education was the key to success, she overcame her obstacles and made it to her dream college, UC Berkeley. In 2013, she graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Integrative Biology and a minor in South and Southeast Asian Studies.
While at UC Berkeley, she served as the Education Coordinator of the Hmong Student Association and interned for the Asian Pacific Islander Recruitment and Retention Center. She also volunteered at the Oakland Children's hospital for the Hematology and Oncology Department. She became more interested in health policy after interning for the California Primary Care Association in summer of 2013, where she helped develop the beginning stages of a HIPAA compliance toolkit for community health centers. She is a professionally trained mental health interpreter and has assisted Hmong refugees in Thailand with their UNHCR applications during her travel abroad studies. Inspired by her work and life experience as a low-income, under-resourced refugee, she is passionate about health equity, community empowerment, and access to education in low-income population. In the Health Equity Fellowship, she hopes to gain more knowledge about health policy and advocacy through research and community organizing. In the future, she hopes to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor.
Pang set her mind on becoming a doctor in the second grade, but at one point she wanted to be an actress and supermodel. After finding out that models are usually 5'7" or taller, while she was only 5'0", she finally gave up that dream and now considers learning how to take professional pictures. Her goal is to purchase a DSLR Camera and learn how to use Photoshop to enhance pictures. Once she achieves this, she hopes to build a photo documentary of the lives of Hmong families living in different parts of the world, from America to Southeast Asia, China, France, and even Latin America.
When Pang is not working or studying, she enjoys cooking and running at the park, especially along the Sacramento River. She also loves to just lay back and enjoy a thriller or action movie.


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Yi Mun-yol (born May 18, 1948) is a South Korean writer.[1]
Yi Mun-yol was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1948, but the outbreak of the Korean War and his father's defection to North Korea forced his family to move about until they settled in Yeongyang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the ancestral seat of his family.[2] The fact that his father defected dramatically affected his life, as he was seen and treated as "the son of a political offender," and was "passed around among relatives [3] After dropping out of the College of Education of Seoul National University in 1970, Yi Mun-yol made his literary debut through the annual literary contests of the Daegu Maeil Newspaper in 1977, and the Dong-A Ilbo in 1979. On being awarded the prestigious "Today's Writer Award" for The Son of Man in 1979, Yi emerged as the most noteworthy writer of the time. The Son of Man explores the theme of the complex relationship between God and humanity in light of the finite nature of human existence inadvertently cast in infinite universe, through the eyes of the protagonist who is doubtful of the Christian Weltanschauung.[4] From 1994 to 1997, he taught Korean language and literature at Sejong University. Since 1999, he has also served as the head of Buak Literary Center, a residential program for budding writers.[5] He is currently a chair professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.[6]
Yi has written novels, short stories, and political and social commentaries. Yi Mun-yol has since published numerous novels including The Son of Man (Saramui adeul), Wild Ox (Deulso), For the Vanished Things (Sarajin geotdeureul wihayeo), The Shadow of Darkness (Eodumui geuneul), Hail to the Emperor! (Hwangjereul wihayeo), A Snail's Outing (Dalpaengiui oechul), and At This Desolate Station (I hwangnyanghan yeogaeseo).[7]
Yi Mun-yol's literary tendencies can be split into two categories. The first category, as represented by Hail to the Emperor! (Hwangjereul wihayeo), Until We Become Happy (Uriga haengbokhae jigikkaji), and Our Twisted Hero (Urideurui ilgeureojin yeongung), contains works that explore f social injustice using elements of fable and attempt to work out new solutions to those problems . The other category, represented by A Portrait of Youthful Days (Jeolmeunnarui chosang) and You Will Never Return to Your Homeland (Geudae dasineun gohyangae gaji mothari), comprises works that utilize autobiographical materials to examine existential angst, identity loss, and the implosion of community. In the first category, Yi typically presents allegorical views of Korea society, tracing the ways in which various lives are shaped and governed by dominant ideology and power. In the second category, Yi focuses on his internal world, fictionalizing his experience of growing up and the process by which his worldview was formed.[8]
With the huge success of the critically acclaimed Hail to the Emperor!, Yi established himself as one of the most significant and popular novelists in Korea. The novel deals with the heated competition of imperial world powers around Korea at the end of the 19th century and goes on through the Japanese colonial era, the Korean War and the period of military dictatorial rule, penetrating through the modern history of Korea. With a Don Quixote-esque protagonist, the novel adopts a rich traditional style of prose displaying a comprehensive understanding of traditional East Asian literature, and drawing readers into the narrative with powerful descriptions of the turbulent history of Korea.[9]
Our Twisted Hero, set in the latter part of the era of military dictatorial rule, brings us a microcosm of society as demonstrated in an elementary school classroom, which serves as a metaphor for the larger society as a whole.. In Homo Executants Yi explores how stiffened political ideologies smother humans, tracing the annihilation of the flexibility in human nature. The Golden Phoenix, for which Yi Mun-yol was awarded the Dong-in Literary Award in 1972 uses paintings and calligraphic works of the traditional arts to express to the reader the conflict between the technical skill of creativity and the art of the cultivation of personality.[10]
Having been awarded almost every major national literary prize, Yi has also had his works translated into 16 different languages and published in 20 countries. One of his works was also selected by the German Literature Society as one of the best publications of 2011.[11]
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Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- A Syrian immigrant living in the Washington suburbs was accused of spying on U.S.-based dissidents for his native country's secret police and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent.
Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, was arrested yesterday on six charges alleging he conspired to collect video and audio recordings of people in the U.S. and Syria who have protested against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Soueid, of Leesburg, Virginia, provided the materials to Syrian intelligence agencies, according to his indictment.
"Spying for another country is a serious threat to our national security, especially when it threatens the ability of U.S. citizens to engage in political speech within our own borders," U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride of Alexandria, Virginia, said in a statement.
The Syrian embassy in Washington said "neither Mr. Soueid nor any other citizen of the U.S. is an agent of the Syrian government" in an e-mail statement.
"The accusation that a U.S. citizen is working with the Syrian government to intimidate U.S. citizens is absolutely baseless and totally unacceptable," said the Syrian embassy statement.
As part of the conspiracy, Soueid allegedly recruited others in the U.S. to help collect information on the protesters.
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From April 2 until June 10, Soueid e-mailed a co- conspirator working for Syria's intelligence agency 20 audio and video recordings of rallies or meetings of protesters, including one held in Alexandria, the indictment alleges. Soueid also allegedly collected the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the protesters.
On June 22, Soueid traveled to Syria where he met with intelligence officials and spoke with al-Assad in private, according to the indictment.
Soueid and others conspired to use the information to "undermine, silence, intimidate and potentially harm persons in the United States and Syria," the indictment alleges.
The charges against Soueid include conspiring to act and acting as an agent of the Syrian government without notifying the attorney general, two counts of providing false statements on a firearms purchase form and two counts of making false statements to federal law enforcement officials.
Soueid is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Alexandria today. If convicted, he faces as long as 15 years in prison on the conspiracy and firearms charges and 10 years on the false statement charges.
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Soueid is also included as a defendant in a civil suit filed in May in U.S. District Court in Washington by six Syrian natives who claim that they or their family members were subject to abuse by the Syrian government. No lawyer is listed for Souied in the civil case and no attorney has appeared yet in the criminal one. Efforts to find a telephone number for him were unsuccessful.
In that case, Soueid, identified by a purported alias, Anas Alswaid, is described as being as "an integral part of the criminal conspiracy to torture, maim, and kill Syrians," according to the plaintiffs' May 10 complaint.
"Through his efforts, the al-Assad regime learns the identities of Syrians based in the United States, who are trying to assist in efforts to counteract the tactics of the al-Assad regime," the lawsuit alleges. "He transmits such information to Damascus to initiate criminal conduct against the families of the identified Syrians."
The criminal case is U.S. v. Soueid, 11-494, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria). The civil case is Aziz v. The Syrian Arab Republic, 11-00876, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).
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Qdoba's burrito baristas handcraft a catering menu of Mexican-inspired cuisine, customizable with a panoply of fresh ingredients for a taco, nacho, or burrito bar. Qdoba's culinary crafters craft succulent fillings for burritos, tacos, nachos, and quesadillas, including protein-packing choices, such as slow-roasted pulled pork, adobo-marinated grilled steak or chicken, and spiced shredded or ground beef, with vegetarian options also available. Taste the gooey flavor accents of the signature queso sauce, a three-cheese blend with roasted poblanos, tomatoes, and jalapeños, the pinto or black beans simmered in cumin and onion, or the creamy, hand-smashed guacamole that's ideal for filling up Queen Elizabeth's diamond-studded guacamole chalice. Tortilla chips with salsa bar and desserts complete each catered event, and customers can opt for burrito-boxed lunches and any add-ons.
Joselito's Mexican Food Tujunga has been dishing up south-of-the-border specialties and margaritas since 1977. Sizzling shrimp fajitas, lobster enchiladas, and barbecue quesadillas are just a few of the creative takes on traditional favorites. Midori or coconut margaritas put a similar spin on the standard iced cocktail.
Cucina Rustica's menu holds up the tradition of rustic Italian cuisine, populated with dishes such as ricotta-stuffed mushrooms and lamb shank simmered in a tomato-wine sauce. An assortment of light and crispy 10-inch pizzas can be topped with buffalo mozzarella or chopped jalape?os, as well as pasta dishes that can be made gluten-free upon request or via telepathic limerick. More than a dozen piatto principales include gnocchi with fresh basil and roasted-almond chicken risotto.
When they founded it in 1975, the owners of El Indio Mexicano Restaurant hired cooks from the Michoacan region of Mexico to teach them the recipes of Mexico's Pacific coast. Owned by the same family today, the restaurant carries on that commitment to authenticity, slow-cooking carnitas for five hours and cooking beans in a cazo, a large copper pot usually found only in the ruins of ancient Ikeas. The cazo is also used to cook a cornucopia of meats, including beef tongue, pork stomach, breaded steak, sausage, and charbroiled steak. These carnivorous cuts fill quesadillas, handmade gorditas, and 13 types of burrito that arrive unadorned or covered in melted monterey jack cheese and house-made ranchero sauce.
The menu at Johny's Kitchen straddles the border between Mexican and Mediterranean fare. Yet the chefs stitch together the distinct cuisines with common components, including fresh beef and chicken packed into kebab plates or fajitas and burritos. Chickpeas suit up and take a dip in the deep fryer while transforming into the falafel dish, and are paired with hummus or baba ghanouj and pilaf or fries. In addition to international fare, Johny's Kitchen slings grilled and deli sandwiches, breakfast bites, and napkin airplanes between sunny yellow walls and TVs.


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This is a great lash comb. It goes right through your lashes and combs them without getting mascara everywhere. My lashes have never looked better. Get this!
Many years ago, after struggling with useless plastic lash combs, I thought, "Why aren't these made in metal so they can really comb through lashes?", not knowing they existed. I came across the Tweezerman Metal Lash Comb at an Ulta store one day, and have used it practically every day since! I don't know how I would live without it now! It's not only great for combing through lashes after applying mascara -- but for combing through lashes *before* applying mascara if you get eyeliner, eyeshadow, etc. in your lashes like I do.
No girl should be without one of these. I'm on my second, only because I lost the first. This really does separately lashes. I feel obligated to add a warning, though. I know it's obvious that a spiky metal thing should be treated with caution near the eyes, but even so, I and just about every girlfriend of mine have all jabbed ourselves most painfully with this on one of those sleepy mornings. Have your coffee *before* you use it.
This gets a full 5/5 because, well, there's just nothing wrong with it! It folds up small and portable, and the teeth are *really fine* so it separates those lashes perfectly.
this is the best comb i tried for ages... it sparates cloopy lashes and makes tham soft and long
This is the best! As others have noted, it folds up nice and small, and the metal teeth are much better than plastic (and they last longer). And the price!! I think I paid only about $5 for this. Highly recommended!
This product doesn't get nearly as much attention as the tweezers, although it is just as fantastic. The sharp metal teeth glide through everything and gives me thick, thick eyelashes without any clumps. It is folds up so it can travel nicely in a makeup bag.
This is simply genius! The metal comb separates lashes beter than any plastic one could and it folds up to about 2 inches. SO convenient!
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June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Heat will grip the U.S. West and the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Florida for the rest of the week before concentrating over Texas by week's end, forecasters said.
The hottest areas are expected to be along the Atlantic from Virginia to South Carolina and near San Francisco and Sacramento in California, said Matt Rogers, president of Commodity Weather Group LLC. MDA EarthSat Weather predicts the hottest areas will be in California's central valley through the Southwest into western Texas.
"While showers and thunderstorms continue to keep heat under control on the East Coast, some locations continue to see strong heat," Rogers said in a note to clients today. "In the near term the strongest heat is found from California and the Southwest."
Today marks the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Temperatures may top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in Sacramento and 110 degrees in the U.S. Southwest.
In his 6- to 10-day forecast, Rogers calls for heat to center over Texas and spread across the southern Rocky Mountains and into the southern Mississippi River Valley. Then the heat will drift northward into the Plains states of Nebraska and Kansas and spread over the middle of the U.S. in the 10- to 15- day period, Rogers said.
In its 6- to 10-day forecast, MDA shifts the heat eastward into the Great Plains with the most intense concentration in northern and western Texas. MDA's 11- to 15-day forecast predicts a much wider spread of heat, with intense outbreaks in the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and in the Southwest.
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