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Zima Creason
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San Juan Unified Board of Education Area 3
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
San Juan Unified Board of Education At-large

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Graduate

University of Phoenix, 2013

Contact

Zima Creason is a member of the San Juan Unified Board of Education in California, representing Area 3. She assumed office on December 9, 2022. Her current term ends on December 11, 2026.

Creason ran for re-election to the San Juan Unified Board of Education to represent Area 3 in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Creason completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Zima Creason earned a graduate degree from the University of Phoenix in 2013.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: San Juan Unified School District, California, elections (2022)

General election

General election for San Juan Unified Board of Education Area 3

Incumbent Zima Creason defeated Alex Zamansky in the general election for San Juan Unified Board of Education Area 3 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Zima Creason
Zima Creason (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
58.8
 
11,595
Alex Zamansky (Nonpartisan)
 
41.2
 
8,127

Total votes: 19,722
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Endorsements

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2018

See also: San Juan Unified School District elections (2018)

General election

General election for San Juan Unified Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael McKibbin and Zima Creason defeated Myel Jenkins and Magali Kincaid in the general election for San Juan Unified Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael McKibbin
Michael McKibbin (Nonpartisan)
 
28.2
 
46,334
Image of Zima Creason
Zima Creason (Nonpartisan)
 
26.1
 
42,796
Image of Myel Jenkins
Myel Jenkins (Nonpartisan)
 
24.7
 
40,593
Image of Magali Kincaid
Magali Kincaid (Nonpartisan)
 
20.9
 
34,315
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 164,041
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Zima Creason completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Creason's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Zima Creason is a parent, advocate, and businesswoman. She serves as the Executive Director of the California EDGE Coalition and was first elected as a San Juan Unified School District Governing Board Member in 2018. Zima is the only sitting board member with a child attending a district school.

At EDGE, she works to address the skilled workforce shortage, create pathways to the middle class, and to advance economic mobility for all Californians. She is committed to community empowerment and coalition building to establish and sustain thriving communities.

Zima has worked in the policy field since 2001 and much of her work has focused on equity as it relates to mental health policy as well as community outreach and engagement.

She is dedicated to supporting people to avoid crisis outcomes, social justice, and for all Americans to have access and opportunity to achieve the American Dream regardless of their zip code, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health/mental health status, gender identification or who they love.
  • Positive academic outcomes that lead students to economic mobility and good jobs with family-supporting wages and benefits.
  • Connectivity to mental health services for students, families, and staff.
  • Safe school campuses - safety from violence, bullying, and trauma.
Social justice, health/mental health, and workforce development.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 16, 2022