Meet TheaTrustee Thea Selby is running for re-election to San Francisco Community College Board. Thea has been a proud member of the Board of Trustees for the past four years. While President of the Board of Trustees in 2017, Thea led the team of Trustees that saved City College.
Prior to being elected President, Thea served for her first two years on the Board as the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of City College. If re-elected Thea would continue implementing improvements to City College.
Passion for Public EducationThea has a lifelong connection to public education. Not only did she attend public institutions from Kindergarten to UC Berkeley, Laney Community College (Oregon) and the University of Oregon, she has also sent her two children to public schools across San Francisco, from Rosa Parks in the Western Addition, to Aptos on Ocean, Presidio Middle School in the Richmond, Balboa High School in the Excelsior, and Lowell High School. She was Vice President of Rosa Parks Elementary for several years, and worked to integrate the general education and Japanese Bilingual Bicultural sides of the school in what is now known widely to be an excellent elementary program. Advocate for Public TransitIn addition to her passion for public education for all, Thea is passionate about providing good public transit for all the people of San Francisco. She serves as Chair of the nonprofit advocacy organization San Francisco Transit Riders, an organization dedicated to advocating for world-class public transit in San Francisco. Neighborhood ActivistShe started out in politics working within her neighborhood, and is a co-founder and board member of the Lower Haight Merchant + Neighbor Association. She continues her work making the Democratic Party more democratic as the elected AD17 Executive Board representative for the California Democratic Party (2017-2019). Thea earns her living as a small business owner of a call-to-action and digital marketing and communications firm in San Francisco, Next Steps Marketing. Mother of TwoThea graduated from UC Berkeley with an AB and from the University of Oregon with an MBA. She is the mother of a 20 year old studying at UC Berkeley and a 16 year old at Lowell High School. Thea lives in the Lower Haight on Haight Street with her husband of 26 years, the aforementioned 16-year old son, and a beloved tuxedo cat Mitzi. |
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