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Rebecca Wong
Rebecca Wong ran for election to the West Valley-Mission Community College District Board of Trustees to represent Trustees Area 6 in California. Wong lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Wong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rebecca Wong earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a graduate degree from Santa Clara University. She also graduated from San Francisco State University. Wong's career experience includes working as an adjunct professor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2024)
General election
General election for West Valley-Mission Community College District Board of Trustees Area 6
Incumbent Adrienne Grey defeated Rebecca Wong in the general election for West Valley-Mission Community College District Board of Trustees Area 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Adrienne Grey (Nonpartisan) | 58.8 | 14,329 | |
 | Rebecca Wong (Nonpartisan)  | 41.2 | 10,059 | |
| Total votes: 24,388 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rebecca Wong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wong's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As a faculty member at WVC, Rebecca started a resource center focused on promoting student success in mathematics and directed a multi-million dollar federal grant designed to improve distance learning and improve student access to online support services. At the state level, Rebecca helped to design and facilitate the Leading for the Middle Academy, a project-based leadership development program that has worked with faculty and classified leaders in half of the community colleges in CA. Active in national statistics education initiatives, Rebecca currently is a Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation Grant designed to help two-year colleges start data science programs to increase student access to this growing career field.
Rebecca is committed to ensuring that tax dollars are spent wisely to promote success in higher education and career opportunities for the greatest number of WVMCCD students.
- I am committed to ensuring that tax payer dollars are spent to benefit the greatest number of students.
- I will ensure that resources are focused on the central mission of the community colleges: to improve the quality of life for our community by making higher education accessible and affordable to all students, particularly those who have faced barriers to higher education.
- I will work to establish strong communication channels between the Board and classified/faculty unions in the District.
South Bay Labor Council AFL-CIO
Democrats for Public Education
Avalanche Democratic Club
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 14, 2024
