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“You and i will likely disagree on something, conflict is inevitable. What matters is how we attain
unity and harmony within the conflict.”

Born: June 6, 1973 in Shreveport, LA

Have lived in: Bosier City, LA; Rochester, NY; Houma, LA; Phoenix, AZ; North Shore, CA; San Antonio, TX; South Hadley, MA; Seattle, WA and have taken long sabbaticals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Currently in a committed partnership of seven+ years

Parents: two biological, many who adopted me
parents both public school teachers – mother teaches computer and business skills, she would have rather studied drafting, but wasn’t allowed to in school (this was the early 70s folks, father taught shop, woodworking, electrician, plumbing, etc. and worked with special education populations, now he teaches in an indigenous village in alaska

Siblings: two brothers and a sister, all younger
Oldest brother in his late 20s is a fire spinner and self taught network geek – bluEmber.net
Sister is 10 years younger: she’s a security system monitor who’s mostly finished a Funeral Directors Degree (she just wanted to embalm people, but TX won’t letcha)
Youngest brother is 14yrs younger, does whatever work he wants that isn’t boring whether it is landscaping, apprenticing electrician, general handyperson, while he searches for something to care about.

Education Background: went to ten Public education k-12 institutions in LA, AZ, CA, TX, went to first women’s college in the US – Mount Holyoke College; Studies in: anatomy, biology, computer science, aromatherapy, herbalism, spirituality, comparative religion, nonviolent communication, peer counseling, energy & body therapy techniques

Paying Jobs held: Food Service from dishwasher to waiter; business administration from receptionist to bookkeeper with some human resources, substitute teacher, security dispatcher & guard, tech support, technical writing

Unpaid jobs: organizing, graphic design, web development, healer, specialty chef, caretaker, meeting facilitation, dispute resolution

Hobbies: dancing – all forms, climbing trees, costume creation, creating concoctions, healing people, communicating, watching human interaction, wilderness camping; photography, roller skating

“Independico” – by Alicia Spence Alvarez

Experience:
Facilitator for consensus based meetings of various Green Parties(GP) – state of Texas(TX) Conventions 2002-2007, National Campus Greens Convention in Austin, local Bexar County Green Party(BCGP) meetings and precinct & county conventions 2000-2007, co-designed and -facilitated GPTX Statewide Green Leadership Retreat in 2005. I have also facilitated for several other organizations, groups, and coalitions, including Clean Money San Antonio and SA Democracy Now.

Party related: ‘active green’ since late 1999 (birth year of GPTX), top petition gatherer in Bexar County, Texas 2000 & 2006, ‘den mother’ for TX Campus Greens in Chicago

Elected positions: Communications Chair and Media Liaison for BCGP 2000-2007, GPTX State Executive committee(SEC) at-large member 2004-5, GPTX SEC Co-Chair 2005-7, Co-Spokesperson for National GP Women’s Caucus – 2005-7, Alternate Delegate to the NC for GPTX 2006-7 & for NWC at ANM 2006, Presidential Elector for GPTX in 2000 & 2004

Political successes: Co-coordinated campaign to help elect five of seven candidates to city council who were willing to change campaign finance codes in SA. Tied for top petition gatherer in my county in 2000 for Green party ballot access in Texas; first green party member to run for city council in San Antonio 2007 and received 30% of the vote against a well-known, well-connected, and well-funded wife of our city’s  ex-mayor & ex-HUD director under President Clinton.  (This city has the population of many states and larger than others.)

Best animal noise: Monkey
Favorite colors: Green and Black

Trivia : Black clothing turns my eye color green