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Q: Where are you from? A: Adora Gutierrez (AG): I was born and raised in the Philippines. I grew up in a Tarlac city where I graduated high school then moved to Manila to study college at the University of Santo Tomas and lived in Manila for 10 years. I lived in San Diego for a year when I first moved to the United States. Q: What attracted you to work for Marin County? A: AG – I want a job that is near where I live, and I was always impressed of the architectural design of t

Q: Where are you from? A: Marc Woo (MW): I was born in San Francisco. Six months after I was born, we moved to Terra Linda and I have lived there ever since. Q: What attracted you to work for Marin County? A: MW – My brother Steven said that I should get a job with the County of Marin. Working in the Public Assistance Branch of Marin Health & Human Services, I am meeting people that are fun work with. Currently I am an extra-hire employee in the process of trying to become a

Q: Where are you from? A: Margie Roberts (MR): I was born in Quezon City, Philippines and grew up in Madaluyong City – Metro Manila. I graduated from the University of the East with a bachelor in Business Administration. Q: What attracted you to work for Marin County? A: MR – It was a blessing in disguise. In 2002, Citibank merged with California Federal Bank. I was offered a job outside of the Bay Area (Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Long Island or, Houston). In my search for

Q: Where are you from? A: Chris Mai (CM): I was born in San Francisco and grew up right here in San Rafael. I was fortunate enough to be raised in the Sun Valley community and enjoyed extracurricular activities such as CYO Basketball, Pop Warner Football and Swimming with Marin Swim League and USA Swimming for most of my adolescence. After receiving the excellence in Digital Media award for my graduating high school class, I enrolled as a banana slug at UC Santa Cruz where

Q: Where are you from? A: Dongfen Gao (DG) - I was born in China. I went to a college in Beijing and got my degree in Civil Engineering. After college, I worked in the same college for almost five years. In summer 1987, I came to the U.S. to join my husband who came to the U.S. to study abroad (two years early). I got a job as a scientist in an environmental consulting firm in San Rafael after I got my Ph.D in Environmental Engineering in 1995. I have been living in Nova

Q: Where are you from? A: Jeff Wong (JW) - I was born and raised in San Francisco’s Sunset District. In the 90s, I went to school at Washington State University (WSU) to study architecture. WSU was a great experience and the birth place for my appreciation of the outdoors. Q: What attracted you to work for Marin County? A: JW – After graduating from UC Berkeley with an MBA, I interviewed with a prominent development firm in downtown San Francisco and with the County. When I w

Maureen "Mo" De Nieva has 9 years of experience working with nonprofits and government agencies in leadership, advocacy, youth development, organizing, and public policy. She has a Bachelors and MBA degree from Dominican University of California where she’s an Alumni Board Member. She is Secretary of Marin County Young Democrats and Marin Women’s Political Action Committee, former appointed member of the Marin Alcohol, and Other Drug Advisory Board, Alternate for the Chair of

Q: Where are you from? Pat Balderama (PB): I was born and raised in the Philippines; in the province of Sorsogon, about 250 miles southeast of Manila. I’m the oldest of ten children. For college, I moved to Manila and studied civil engineering. After graduation I worked for the Department of Public Works and Highways of the Philippines for about a year and then worked for an American company in Saigon, Vietnam for three years during the war. I immigrated to the United States