Accomplishments

Spanish Fork City-specific involvement:

• Advisory Member, Recreation Center/Aquatic/Senior Center Task Force 

• Graduation Speaker, Spanish Fork University 101 Inaugural Class

• Member, Spanish Fork Chamber of Commerce 

• Parade Announcer & Volunteer, Fiesta Days Grand Parade

• Committee Member, Spanish Fork Parks & Recreation

What else sets me apart:

• Selected as runner-up to fill Commissioner Gordon’s city council vacancy, December 2022

• Successfully created and for 20 years have run a seasonal Santa Claus business serving Utah County

• Miss Utah volunteer judge, emcee, coach, and former state executive board member.  I have specifically coached young women competing in the Miss Spanish Fork program.

• I helped my aunt run successful campaigns and become elected as Mayor of Provo city.

• I speak Spanish fluently and love connecting with the Latin community in Spanish Fork to discover how to be more inclusive of them

• I have served at the Tabitha’s Way Back to School event and participated in the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Easter egg hunt.

• I helped build BYU’s Civic Engagement minor program and currently advise their Political Science students.

• I'm already connected on social media with the Spanish Fork community, attend all city council meetings, volunteer, and serve regularly in the community, and attend all city events.

• I graduated from SFHS where I served on the Youth City Council. I lettered in football and was elected as Student Body VP. I was also chosen as a SBVP at UVU where I graduated in Business and Communications, with a leadership certificate. I worked at BYU for over 16 years as an Academic & Professional Development Manager, adjunct teaching at UVU and BYU, and was nominated class president for my Master of Public Administration program.  I currently am the Clinical Recruitment & Retention Coordinator for the Physician Assistant program at Rocky Mountain University.

I have also volunteered my Santa Claus services, including the following:

• Spanish Fork Senior Center Christmas party

• Studio Chatter TV appearances

• Spanish Fork’s unveiling of the Dowdle Puzzle

As a member of the Spanish Fork/Salem Areas Chamber of Commerce I have loved serving as the Santa Claus for the Spanish Fork Winter Lights Parade and lighting the tree with the mayor and city council.