Racquel Vasquez
Racquel Vasquez (* 1969 or 1970) is an American politician. She is Mayor of Lemon Grove , California .
Life
Racquel Vasquez grew up in Los Angeles . She studied media management at California State University, Northridge and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1993. She worked for two years as a program manager for the city of Newport News , Virginia and for 16 years in public relations for the city of San Diego . She moved to Lemon Grove in 2001. There she was the public relations officer for the city and, from 2007, also planning commissioner. She has been a member of the city council since 2012. She is the recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award .
She is married and has two daughters.
Mayoress
In 2016, she was elected mayor of Lemon Grove to succeed Mary Sessom by a margin of 2.71 percent, as San Diego County's first African-American mayor .
Web links
- Homepage (archive version from November 11, 2016; English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Racquel Vasquez, Candidate for Lemon Grove City Council . Introduced by Chrine Huard on August 31, 2012 on The Patch
- ↑ Speaker at the Young Men's Leadership Conference 2019 (English)
- ↑ Biography page on their homepage (archive version from November 10, 2016; English)
- ↑ A note from Lemon Grove's new Mayor Racquel Vasquez . Article from January 5, 2017 in The East County Californian
- ^ Racquel Vasquez Becomes First Black Mayor of Lemon Grove . Article dated December 11, 2016 on The Chocolate Voice website
- ^ Q&A with new Lemon Grove Mayor Racquel Vasquez . Article by Karen Pearlman on December 25, 2016 in The San Diego Union-Tribune
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SURNAME | Vasquez, Racquel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician, Mayor of Lemon Grove |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |