Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Garvey School District

Felipe E. Agredano, MTS President, Garvey Board of Education

Agredano-Lozano, holds a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard University and he also read and studied comparative religion at Oxford University. He is a frequent guest at Univision local KMEX Chanel 34 and UNIVISION national programming "Aqui y Ahora" and has also appeared on FOX, KPAS and KLOVE on the subject of religion and religious phenomena and has been quoted in The Los Angeles Times, La Opinion, and The Harvard Crimson.

A former Teaching Fellow in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University where he studied under his graduate advisor the Rev. Dr. Cornel West and Prof. Harvey Cox before returning to his native state of California where he served with the California State Legislature for Rev. Dr. Jack Scott in the Senate, a retired Professor of History of American Religion.

Agredano-Lozano holds dual baccalaureate degrees in Government and in Chicano Studies from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied under Prof. Margarita Melville, a former nun. He has given courses in the History of World Religions, Chicanos and Religion at East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles Trade Technical Institute and in the Chicano Studies Department at the California State University at Northridge.

Agredano-Lozano has served on numerous boards such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association, California Latino Legislative Caucus Madrias & Padrinos Leadership Program, HONOR PAC and on the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' Education and Health sub-committees. He is a former President of The UC Berkeley Chicano Latino Alumni and of The Eastside Democratic Club who honored him "Democrat of the Year" in 2004. In 2005, La Opinion named him "Líder del Futuro" and in 2001, the Government of Spain prestigiously recognized him as "Joven Leader Hispano" and formally invited him to visit Spain with a national delegation of young American leaders.

Agredano was born in East Los Angeles, raised in South Central and Huntington Park, California. He is of Mexican descent from Los Altos, Jalisco. Agredano-Lozano, shares a strong commitment for and access to higher education. He has a deeply rooted interest in faith-based action towards social change. Agredano-Lozano is currently the President of the Garvey Board of Education in the San Gabriel Valley of California, where he resides.

Felipe E. Agredano, MTS Presidente, Consejo Educacional de Garvey

El señor Felipe Emanuel Agredano Lozano es de origin Mexicano, su familia proviene de los Altos de Jalisco. El nació y creció en el Este de Los Angeles, California y obtuvo dos licenciaturas en Ciencias Políticas y en Estudios Chicanos de la Universidad de California en Berkeley. Obtuvo el título de Maestría en la Universidad de Harvard y ha estudiado religion en la Universidad de Oxford, Inglaterra. Fué administrador en Harvard donde dio lectura hasta su regresar al el lugar de nacimiento California donde se desempeño como representante del Rev. Dr. Jack Scott, senator estatal. Agredano Lozano es historiador de religiones del mundo e historia politica cultural de los E.E.U.U. se ha dedicado a dar clases de en various colegios del Este de Los Angeles y en la Universidad Estatal de California en Northridge. Agredano Lozano ha encabezado varios puestos como miembro de la Asociacion de la Distrofia Muscular, fue presidente previo del Alumnado Latino de UC Berkeley y tambien fue presidente de los Demócratas del Este de Los Angeles cual le nombraron "Democrata del Año". Agredano Lozano valora el ascenso a la educación superior y la acción basada en comunidades de fé hacia el cambio social. Igualmente, apoya el desarollo económico y el acceso a capital financiero para comunidades de bajos recursos. Ultimamente Agredano Lozano es el Presidente del consejo educativo del distrito escolar de Garvey en el valle de San Gabriel donde el reside.