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Mrs. Sophia Tse was elected to the ABC Board in 2007, re-elected in 2011, 2015, and again in 2020.  Sophia Tse teaches at Compton College. She also has instructor licenses on Adult Advanced Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program lead instructor, STABLE Program.  Before that, Mrs. Tse was a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.  She worked at UCLA in a management position and retired from St Francis Medical Center after 30 years.  She taught at Cal State Long Beach and Dominguez colleges for a total of 12 years.  Sophia has been a resident of Cerritos for 37 years.  All three of her children attended ABC schools. Sophia was involved in her children’s schools as a PTSA board member at Carmenita MS and Whitney HS, chairwoman at Whitney HS Chinese PTSA, and volunteer nurse practitioner for Cerritos HS soccer teams. She has served in the community through the following organizations: Chairwoman and Board Member of the Southern California Chinese Culture Association; coach, first aid provider for City of Cerritos soccer teams, team mom for Cerritos Soccer Club, a participant in the March of Dimes Program for Premature Infants, and community instructor for basic life support and parenting classes.  Mrs. Tse was the liaison to the Career Technical Education Ad Hoc Board Advisory Committee and many others.  She was president for APISBMA. She believes that educational instruction should develop all aspects of the student, including the physical, intellectual, social, and psychological aspects, in order to create a well-rounded individual. She strongly feels that success in a student’s education can only occur through strong parental involvement and participation.  In her free time, Mrs. Tse enjoys reading, flower arrangement, line dance, growing vegetables, Neighborhood Watch, and also babysitting her two new grandsons.

This board member’s biography was taken from the ABC Unified School District website.