Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias founded the Parent Union to provide a voice and a resource to parents who often find themselves marginalized in the education of their own children. She worked for 20 years as an administrative manager for the County of Orange, overseeing multi-million-dollar contracts that assisted families in crisis; and served as legislative staffer and policy adviser for a state senator, specializing in education and human services. She was twice elected to the board of the Santa Ana Unified School District and to the Santa Ana City Council, and founded the nonprofit Santa Ana Family Empowerment (S.A.F.E.) to provide homework assistance to deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
This month, we celebrated and honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man who fought for equality and a quality education for all children. More than fifty years later, too many of our district schools are failing Latino families. This is the social justice issue of our generation. More than half of...
It is no secret that California has its own myriad of economic issues: high taxes, a bloated government, overly powerful unions, and many more. However, one issue that is a product of all of these, but does not get nearly enough attention, is skyrocketing public pensions. For as long as I can remember, unions and...
In announcing the end of the DACA program two weeks ago, President Trump seemed to fulfill a campaign promise to kill a program he once declared unconstitutional. But later, the president seemed to call for a permanent legislative solution that would grant resident status to people brought illegally to the country as minors. Tweeting that...
Confronting a financial disaster they helped create, Santa Ana teachers union leaders did Tuesday what they’ve done for years: They blamed someone else. In a newsletter they sent to all Santa Ana teachers, union leaders blamed me for the declining enrollment in the district’s schools. In short, they say my work to provide parents with...