Religion: Catholic — parishioner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help; teaches at Mater Dei Catholic High School (Chula Vista)
Education: El Capitan HS (Lakeside); UCLA BA; SDSU MA (geography/urban planning); University of Colorado Boulder PhD (water resources geography)
Background: Retired USMC Captain (commissioned 1984, Operation Desert Storm, Camp Pendleton adjutant); geography teacher at Mater Dei Catholic HS; former watershed coordinator, Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project; Director, Padre Dam Municipal Water District Division 2 (elected 2020, re-elected 2024); board Vice President. Born College Park Hospital (East SD), raised Lakeside CA. Lung cancer 2022, in remission.
CA-48 2026 D filer record. [2026-06-05 evidence-finalize, federal tier] WITHDREW from CA-48 pre-2026-06-02 primary (per Ballotpedia and her own pre-pledged 'no CA Dem Party endorsement = drop out' condition) and endorsed Marni von Wilpert (D). Now markets a candidacy for CA State Senate District 40 on her campaign site, but does NOT appear on 2026-06-02 SS-40 primary results (Elliott D / Bruce-Lane R / Musgrove R advanced) — current candidacy in any race is ambiguous. Sitting Padre Dam Municipal Water District director (Division 2). Catholic (Our Lady of Perpetual Help; teacher at Mater Dei Catholic HS); retired USMC Captain. Thin federal-tier policy record on her CA-48 campaign: documented anti-ICE-in-schools stance (anti-sanctuary-policy cell → FALSE) and 'immigrants must not be treated as criminals' framing → border_immigration 1/2 FALSE; pro-ACA/Medicaid/Medicare posture; otherwise no public position on the conservative rubric's cells (life, marriage, guns, election integrity, foreign policy, pharma) — cells null. Status set to lost so the record exits the active CA-48 pool. CA-48 general advancers: Desmond (R) and von Wilpert (D).
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Priorities page commits to ensuring 'ICE and DHS cannot be on or near our schools' and training educators 'to protect our students from ICE raids' — sanctuary-aligned local policy.
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