Candidate for
Board Member; San Mateo Union High School District

BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO ARMAS TOVAR 509 HAZEL AVENUE SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 (650) 952-1485

Name: Alberto "Al" Tovar

Occupation: Business Owner

PERSONAL: My wife, Bertha Juarez Tovar and I have been married for 25 years and have three children: Tony, age 19; Becky age 16; and Carlos, age 11. I was born in San Mateo and raised in San Bruno; Bertha was born in San Francisco and also raised in San Bruno. Berta was a Trustee and past president of the San Bruno Park Elementary School District. I have lived in San Bruno for forty-seven years and my wife and I are raising our children in the house I was raised in. We have been living in our current home for the past 25 years. My parents were born in Mexico and I come from a family of nine Mexican-American siblings.

OCCUPATION: A former Community Liaison to the San Mateo Union High School District. Moreover, I give public presentations on Gang Prevention & Intervention and gang violence. I am also a business owner and president of Sunset Company. I started my first company twenty years ago and have been an entrepreneur since.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE: I worked for the City of San Bruno Police Department as a Community Service Officer for ten years.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Capuchino High School in 1972, and attended the Skyline College for two years.

SPECIAL TRAINING: Received a certificate for successfully completing "Youth Gang Seminar" sponsored by the Oakland Police Department in Oakland, 1992. Also have successfully completed Executive Protection Services Training; certified in CPR. Bi-lingual and Bi-culural.

ASSOCIATIONS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Founder and board member, Latino Parents Association of San Mateo Union High School District. Founder, Baile Folklorico; President, Centro Cultural Latino; Board of Directors, Service League of San Mateo County; member, San Bruno Lions Club Association; member. Other accomplishments and community involvement include:

• Organizer, after school tutorial program for the San Mateo Union High School District;

• Operation Santa Claus, founder. A program of the San Bruno Police Department for low-income families;

• Creation of "at-risk youth support" program for the San Mateo Union High School District;

• Founder and organizer of the Chicano/Latino Peace Conference;

• Youth-to-Youth Mentor Program for the San Mateo Union High School District;

• ALAS, Association of Latin American Students in the San Mateo Union High School District;

• St. Timothy's outreach counseling support group;

• Day-laborer program task force member for the City of San Mateo;

• Outreach coordinator between the private sector, the community, and gang members;

• Development Director for the Latino Parents Association of the San Mateo Union High School District Student Scholarship Program.