Racquel Vasquez

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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

  1. ^ Racquel Vasquez, Candidate for Lemon Grove City Council . Introduced by Chrine Huard on August 31, 2012 on The Patch
  2. ↑ Speaker at the Young Men's Leadership Conference 2019 (English)
  3. ↑ Biography page on their homepage (archive version from November 10, 2016; English)
  4. ↑ A note from Lemon Grove's new Mayor Racquel Vasquez . Article from January 5, 2017 in The East County Californian
  5. ^ Racquel Vasquez Becomes First Black Mayor of Lemon Grove . Article dated December 11, 2016 on The Chocolate Voice website
  6. ^ Q&A with new Lemon Grove Mayor Racquel Vasquez . Article by Karen Pearlman on December 25, 2016 in The San Diego Union-Tribune
personal data
SURNAME Vasquez, Racquel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, Mayor of Lemon Grove
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century