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Gabriel has earned the endorsement of the following individuals and organizations.

Labor:

• AFT College Staff Guild, Local 1521A
• Laborers Local 300.
• Laborers Local 1309.
• Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building Construction Trades Council I.U.O.E. Local 12).
• UA Local 250 Steamfitters and Refrigeration.
• Teamsters Joint Council 42.
• Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36 (AFL-CIO).
• Plumbers Pipefitters U.A. Local 761.
• UFCW Local 770.
• UA Plumbers - Local #78.
• Iron Workers Local 416
• Iron Workers Local 433

Organizational:

• Avance Democratic Club.
• Southern California Armenian Democrats (SCAD).

Individual

• Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Activist/Labor Leader.
• Eric Garcetti, former Mayor of Los Angeles, former U.S. Ambassador to India.
• Jeffrey Prang, Los Angeles County Assessor.AssesLosor, Los Angeles County
• Mike Fong, Assemblymember.
• Jessica Caloza, Assemblymember.
• Mario Trujillo, City Councilmember-Downey.
• Al Rios, Vice Mayor City of South Gate.
• Carlos Cerdan, School Board Member, Montebello Unified School District.
• Marisol Madrigal Uribe Ph.D., School Board Member, Montebello Unified School District.
• Nichelle Henderson, Board Member, LACCD.
• Dr. Armond Aghakhanian, Burbank Unified School District Board of Education.
• Dr. Sandra Salazarb Trustee-Cerritos Community College.
• Margaret Quiñones-Perez, Santa Monica Community College Trustee.
• Tony Vasquez, Member Board of Equalization.

East Los Angeles College Faculty and Staff

• Dr. Natalina Monteiro, a three-time Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Political Science, African American Studies, and Women, Gender Studies at East Los Angeles College, endorses Dr. Gabriel Buelna for the ELAC Board of Trustees. She previously served as Political Director of AFT 1521. *
• Daniel Judge, Professor, East Los Angeles, Angeles College. Mathematics Department. *
• Dr. Marcel Morales, Professor. East Los Angeles College. *
• Jeff Hernandez, Professor, Political Science. East Los Angeles College. *
• Rogelio Garcia, Associate Professor, Political Science, East Los Angeles College, ELAC Academic Senator *

Los Angeles City College Faculty and Staff

• Anna Le, Professor of Life Sciences, Los Angeles City College. *

Los Angeles Pierce College Faculty and Staff

• Brian Walsh, Professor of History, Los Angeles Pierce College. *
• Fernando Oleas, Spanish and Italian professor, Modern Language Department Chair, Los Angeles Pierce College, *

Los Angeles Mission College Faculty and Staff

• John Morales, Department Chair, Chicano/a Studies, Los Angeles Mission College. *
• Dr. Angela Echeverri, Professor of Life Sciences, Los Angeles Mission College. *
• Alberto Juarez, Adjunct Professor, Chicano/a Studies, Los Angeles Mission College. *
• Edgar Gutierrez, Professor, Chicano Studies, Los Angeles Mission College. *
• Professor Jason Bordbar, Business and Law, Los Angeles Mission College. *
• Professor Mario Angel Escobar, Los Angeles Mission College *
• Saul Preciado-Garcia, Accounting Professor, Los Angeles Mission College *
• Leonard Perez, AJ Adjunct Instructor, East Los Angeles College. *

I write this endorsement first as a former AB540 student and a proud graduate of the LACCD system, and second as a professor now teaching within the system that prepared me for UCLA, for ASU and Maryland University. I am proud to endorse Dr. Gabriel Buelna for reelection to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.

I know from the inside what LACCD’s mission means, because it changed the course of my life.

I understand from my personal experience that LACCD is more than a system of colleges, it is where our community finds hope. It is where dreams that once felt out of reach begin to take shape, where opportunity is restored, and where people from every walk of life discover the tools to build a brighter future. Dr. Gabriel Buelna understands that mission personally and professionally, and I believe in his leadership because I believe in what LACCD made possible for me.

* For identification purposes only.