an introduction to Alfredo Banuelos
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Dear neighbor,
My name is Alfredo Bañuelos and if you don’t already know me, I’d like to introduce myself and share a little bit about me and my story. I have been raised in Paramount for most of my life. I’m the first-born son of a working-class immigrant family. As a first-generation college graduate, I genuinely understand the hurdles of pursuing an education and having to find my place in society with little guidance. Fortunately, I have been able to achieve some formal higher-education, from both Cerritos College (in Business Administration) and from California State University—Long beach (in Philosophy); yet, its been in spite of my K-12 education and not because of it that I advanced.
I share in the experience of so many Southeast Los Angeles students who grew up having to reach adulthood unsure about what to do next, wasting time having to navigate through the system practically alone and with scarce resources. Through trial and error, I’ve now come a long way from where I started, and it is because of that turbulent journey that I seek to contribute back to my community and afford our current students and future generations many of the timesaving and door-opening opportunities that I wish had been extended to me. A reform in the way we support our teachers and students will go a long way to ensuring our students can transition into adulthood with healthy bodies, mindsets and plans for their future.
My mission is to help improve our community’s conditions and that foundationally take on an educational emphasis. This candidacy is continuation of the commitment I have demonstrated in previous official positions, and political actions and initiatives that I’ve participated in over the last 18 years; from 2006, when I first served in Student government and participated in my first mass protest against the threat of racially discriminatory immigration laws, and since then, the actions and involvement experiences have been countless and the community lessons unmeasurable. Officially, I have formally served as the Chairperson/President of the Public Works Commission for the City of Paramount, and I’m a former Paramount City Council and Compton College Board of Trustees candidate. I’m currently Director to an educational nonprofit organization and I am also a long-time practicing real estate Consultant. These experiences, over the last 20 years, afford me a background expertise and ability that enables me to advocate for the importance of a people-centered local government policy, and to highlight the immense role it plays in the accessibility and safety of the hard-working families of our PUSD community.
We all come from different backgrounds and grew-up having different needs but that doesn’t mean our system can’t function for all. I strongly believe that none of us should have ever been competitively disadvantaged in education, compared to our neighboring school-districts peers, simply because of the zip-code that we lived in and we'll be working to change that as well.
In this November, 2024 election I am your Paramount Unified School District candidate for Area-3, and I humbly ask for your vote and for the opportunity to serve you, your family and our community as your loyal public servant, tasked with ensuring the safety, well-being and education of your children; and to hold our local publicly funded school system (PUSD) accountable and transparent to you AT ALL TIMES. Thank you in advance.
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