Ofelia Valdez-Yeager ’69, T.C. ’71 – 2016 Alumni Service Award

Ofelia Valdez-Yeager graduated with a BA in Spanish in 1969 and earned her elementary teaching credential in 1971. Ofelia worked as an Upward Bound residential tutor-counselor, a high school counseling assistant, an elementary school teacher, a bilingual resource teacher and in several consultant capacities with public agencies. Ofelia’s volunteer commitments took her to leadership positions in Little League and PTA as well as several community organizations through their committees and boards. She was elected to the Riverside Unified School district Board of Trustees in 1992; this was her first publicly elected position, and she was the first Latina ever elected to the local school board. She went on to serve as its Vice President and to extend her city commitments with a part-time position as administrative assistant to the Mayor, focusing on youth, education and crime issues. She also served as the executive assistant to the Superintendent of Riverside Unified School District. Ofelia retired as the Chief Administrative Liaison to the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools in 2010. She is the President of the Latino Network and most recently spearheaded the effort to successfully erect the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial on the Downtown Mall. She continues to serve on numerous boards and committees of local agencies and human service consortia.

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