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Jaqui

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I GLADLY SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT. Like Maria Blanco (MALDEF) and Chair of Latinos for Obama said, for the first I am voting for a candidate I truly believe in not the lesser of two evils. Join me in supporting Obama.http://www.dipdive.com/Just graduated with my MPP from UCLA. Spent my last summer break traveling in Brazil. And starting a new career in Sacramento, while living a double life in New York (he's worth it).

I'm nice when I want to be and a bitch when I have to be. Men who are intimidated by a strong opinionated woman should run away..... and fast!
I am interested in social justice and equity...equal opportunity, access to quality education and affordable healthcare, reducing the acheivement gap, etc.
I do not discriminate with regard to ethnic background, the color of your skin, your sexual orientation, your gender, or your social status, but I am weary of conservatives, republicans, religious extremists, and guys who try to spit game at me. ;)


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My Interests

Music, dancing... especially salsa, politics, Education Reform, traveling, foreign films, reading...

I'd like to meet:

Salseros who can teach me something. Native Portuguese speakers I can practice with. People who actually bother to read my profile?

Music:

Rock/Pop en espanol (Julieta Venegas, Shakira, Cafe Tacvba, Bebe, Jarabe de Palo, Belanova), bossa nova, Afro-Brazilian, samba, pagode, "hippie hoppie" and R&B, dance hall, alternative/rock

Movies:

All of Almodovar's films, Amores Perros, Cidade de Deus, Todo el Poder, The Wedding Singer, the 40 year old Virgin, Love Actually, Whale Rider, Pan's Labrynth

Television:

TV IS THE DEVIL!!!...except for public broadcasting. I unfortunately fall into temptation.....I never miss Grey's Anatomy (but i'm a little pist that Isaiah is gone).

Books:

The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Cien anos de soledad, Animal Farm, 1984, In the Time of Butterflies, Harry Potter, Dude Where's My Country, La casa de los espiritus, Hija de la fortuna.......the list goes on and on, I'm always reading something.

Heroes:

Maribel, I hope I'm as good of a mommy as she is (....one day, certainly not now!)

My Blog

February 5th Ballot Propositions

Prop 91: I'll let the proponents speak for themselves: "Prop. 91 is NO LONGER NEEDED. Please VOTE NO. Voters passed Proposition 1A in 2006, accomplishing what Prop. 91 set out to do. VOTE NO."Prop 92:...
Posted by Jaqui on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:34:00 PST

New California Laws effective 7/1/07

1. Carpool lane - 1st time $1068.50 starting 7/1/07 (The $271 on the highway is old). Don't do it again because 2nd time is going to be double, 3rd time triple, and 4th time your license suspended. 2...
Posted by Jaqui on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:23:00 PST

Always an Outlier

Welcome Day&I hadn't quite made the decision of whether to fork over $20,000 to Columbia or accept UCLA's Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, so I went to welcome day. I did what I normally do whenever I...
Posted by Jaqui on Wed, 23 May 2007 02:52:00 PST

Voter Guide November 7th

No matter what you views are, VOTE on November 7th and make your opinion count! This post will be updated throughout the next week so keep checking 1A - Unsure. This transporatin bond earmarks funds, ...
Posted by Jaqui on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:35:00 PST

June 6th election

There are two propositions on the June 6th ballot: Prop 82 - Universal Preschool The idea of universal preschool is great, but this initiative is problematic in many ways. First of all, the goal of u...
Posted by Jaqui on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:00:00 PST

Jaqui's Voter Guide

Prop 73: Parental Notification of Daughters Seeking Abortions- VOTE NO! The government cannot make daughters trust their parents. Think about the girls who get abortions because they are terrified the...
Posted by Jaqui on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:13:00 PST

Conversation with a Latino Republican (Part 5)

About the other questions I didn't respond to&.. Building prisons or Schools- We spend more money building prisons than we do building schools. We spend about the same amount of money (or more) kee...
Posted by Jaqui on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Conversation with a Latino Republican (Part 4)

----------------- Original Message ----------------- Date: Mar 29, 2004 12:45 PM well thank you Jaqui for answering my invite to chat , but hey its all good. but hey check this out now you want to...
Posted by Jaqui on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Conversation with a Latino Republican (Part 3)

----------------- Original Message ----------------- Date: Mar 29, 2004 09:17 AM hey Jaqui, i guess you have something to take of your chest and i'm glad, i'm always open to discussion. See i migh...
Posted by Jaqui on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Conversation with a Latino Republican (Part 2)

----------------- Original Message ----------------- Date: Mar 25, 2004 05:59 PM here we go again hi there Jaqui i had just finished answering all of your questions when an insperter came in and ...
Posted by Jaqui on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST