
Dr. Rebecca Sapien-Melchor
FERIA Partnership | Conference Coordinator | Senior Founder
feria.partnership@gmail.com
Jose M. Melchor
FERIA Partnership | Senior Founder | Community Outreach
jbmelchor@cox.net
Patricia Flores-Charter
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder
Retired, Disability Support Services Director, Southwestern Community College
Dr. Anne Graves, Ph.D.
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder
Professor Emerita, College of Education, San Diego State University
graves2mail.sdsu.edu
Dr. Angie Hawkins
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder
Retired, Director of Special Education, Sweetwater Union High School District
Bonita Optimist Foundation & Club
drhawk@cox.net
Manuela B. Valdez
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder, Parent Facilitator
Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC)
mvaldez@sdsu.edu
Maria Elizabeth Arce-Garcia
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder
Teacher, Chula Vista School District
elyarce@gmail.com
Dr. Alberto Ochoa
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Advisory Member
Co-Founder, Parent Institute for Quality Education
Professor Emeritus, Dual Language and English Learner Education, SDSU
aochoa@mail.sdsu.edu
Dr. Francisco Escobedo
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Advisory Member
Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Advisory Member
Professor & Department Chair, Dual Language and English Learner Education, SDSU
Michelle Sturm Gonzalez
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Advisory Member
Director of Special Education, Sweetwater Union High School District
Debbie Marshal
FERIA Partnership | Committee Member
Advocate, State Council of Developmental Disabilities
Debbie.Marshall@scdd.ca.gov
Laura Cervantes
South County SELPA | Resource Parent
laurac@sdcoe.net
Joyce Clark
FERIA Partnership | Committee Member
Co-Director, Exceptional Resource Center
joyce.clark@sdsu.edu
Raquel Arce-Vasquez
FERIA Partnership | FERIA Co-Founder, Community Member, & Translator
rarcevasquez61@gmail.com
