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San Mateo County, CA November 3, 2009 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Bertha Hall Sanchez

Candidate for
City Council; City of San Mateo

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Peninsula Emergency Dept. - Nurse
  • Mills Hospital Rehab Unit - Nurse
  • Project Concern International, Hong Kong, Appalachia in Tennessee, Four Corners in New Mexico, Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, Vietnam, Tijuana, Guatemala, San Diego + Chief Nurse, Nurse volunteer
  • Jefferson High School, Daly City + School Nurse
  • Girl Scouts of America + Nurse, Assistant Camp Director

VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • City of San Mateo Planning Commissioner - eight years (1999-2007)
  • SM/Foster City/Burlingame/Hillsborough Leadership Advisory Board Member
  • San Mateo Economic Development Committee Member
  • New Library Steering Committee Member
  • Superintendent selection SM/FC School District + Interview Panel
  • Winter Shelter Task Force Member
  • Home Assoc. of No. Central San Mateo, Board Member
  • Police Chief selection, San Mateo + Interview Panel
  • International Nursing with Project Concern
  • Girl Scout Troop leader + San Mateo

EDUCATION
  • Turnbull Elementary/College Park Middle School
  • San Mateo High + Graduate
  • College of San Mateo + AA
  • Mt. Zion School of Nursing, San Francisco + Nursing Diploma
  • University of San Francisco-B.S. in Nursing, Public Health Nursing Certificate
  • University of California at San Francisco - M.S. in Nursing

AWARDS
  • Phoebe Hearst Examiner Award Winner - Ten Outstanding Women of the Bay Area
  • Scholarship Recipient, Nursing + San Mateo Rotary Club
  • Recipient of Title II Nursing Grants at USF and UCSF

MEMBERSHIPS
  • Housing Leadership Council
  • American Nurses Association
  • California Nurses Association
  • Chi Matean (women's Group)
  • Organization of Chinese Americans + Peninsula Chapter
  • San Mateo High School Alumni Association

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