UPDATE: Voting will close on Friday, Jan. 7, at 10 am
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As we start the New Year it is worth pondering who was the Woman of the Year in Santa Ana. I tried to come up with a list of leading women in our city, but I am sure I left a few out. Please let me know!
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez got the most press this year in her successful battle against Van Tran.
And what about Ceci Iglesias, the independent Congressional candidate who collected over 11,000 signatures in order to get on the ballot? She certainly worked hard, even though she did not prevail.
Councilwoman Michele Martinez won without a challenge, but she had a rough year as her mom passed away. She remained very active though in the community and started a new job at a health related non-profit.
Supervisor Janet Nguyen took over as the Chair of the OC Supervisors and she had a baby, so it was a momentous year for her as well.
I also included a slew of education and community leaders and a few business owners. Jackie Cordova, the co-owner of Calacas, deserves a lot of credit, in particular, for her work on this year’s Noche de Altares (Day of the Dead) event. It was a huge hit due in great part to her contributions.
Remember that you may vote for up to three nominees!
There’s 5 votes but it said that only 3 people voted. Can we vote more than once or is this poll not valid?
A Voter,
We set up the poll so that you could vote for up to three nominees. We have an alert to that fact above the post, but I could see where it might be overlooked.
There are so many great nominees that we wanted to give our readers the chance to vote for more than one nominee. In the end, one winner ought to emerge…
Let me know who else you wanted to vote for as I can amend your answer.
Art, thanks for the mention! I’d also like to nominate Sarah Rafael Garcia, founder of Barrio Writers.
Theresa,
You are most welcome. And you are right. That was a major oversight on my part. I will add her to the poll right away!
Gracias Theresa & Art!! I appreciate the support. BTW it only allowed me to vote for one?
It reset when I added you. I just fixed it. Thanks for all you do!
Art,
There’s something to be said for naming elected officials and high appointees to be OC’s “Woman of the Year,” and that is do not do it. Great honor already attends the office. “Woman of the Year” needs to recognize the little-know people working behind the scenes to make our world better. Thus my votes go to Sara Rafael Garcia of Barrio Writers and entrepreneur Jackie Cordova. Garcia’s support for literacy, poetry, fiction makes her hands-down, my “Woman of the Decade”, but I’ll take it one year at a time.
Ate.,
mvs
P.S. I met Ms. Garcia at this event: http://readraza.com/florsked.htm