Making a Difference
 ECC Fire Academy Graduation |
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 Supporting Vocational Programs |
 ECC Graduation |
 Supporting Veterans |
 ECC Gym Grand Opening |
 ECC Welcomes La Bamba Director Luis Valdez |
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 With Senator Bradford and Centinela Trustee Rojas |
 Nilo is Supported by ECC Teachers |
 Hawthorne Memorial Day Ceremony |
 ECC Athletic Hall of Fame |
 ECC Robotics Academy |
 Business Partnerships-Tesla |
 ECC Police Explorer Graduation with Hawthorne PD cadets and Chief Ishii |
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PRESIDENT
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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HIGH SCHOOL
HISTORY TEACHER
COMMUNITY
LEADER
Nilo Vega Michelin is a El Camino College Trustee, teacher, attorney, and community advocate running to represent California's 35th Senate District. Raised by a single mother from Costa Rica, Nilo has experienced the struggles of working class families in District 35. He attended Gulf Avenue School in Wilmington and Halldale Avenue School in Harbor Gateway.
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Through hard work and family support, Nilo was able to attend the US Naval Academy and then UCLA. He graduated from UCLA with a Political Science Degree and from UCLA Law School with a Law Degree. He has served his community as a Hawthorne deputy city attorney, school board member, city council member, and teacher. As a history teacher, he has taught at Carson High School and at Dana Middle School in San Pedro.
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He is currently a El Camino College Board Trustee. As President of the El Camino Board of Trustees from 2020 to 2022, Nilo led the effort to create a Project Labor Agreement, which will provide apprenticeships to students. He supported vocational and technological training for students. He supported providing formerly incarcerated students education and services. He supported the opening of the Black Student Success Center and the future opening of the Latino Success Center. He supported the “South Bay Promise” Program which provided free tuition for students. He supported the “Dual Enrollment” Program which provides high school students with a college education.
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Having dedicated his life to helping the residents of Senate District 35. Nilo will work toward long-term solutions to the housing crisis and homelessness. Nilo believes affordable and accessible healthcare should be a right, not a privilege for a few. He has a track record of supporting higher education and equitably funded school districts. He supports environmental justice and a greener, cleaner environment for District 35. He supports clean money in elections. He will make combating bigotry, hate, and racial discrimination a priority.
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Senate District 35 includes Carson, San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Compton, Gardena, Watts, Willowbrook, and Westmont.
Contact Nilo directly at: nilomichelin@gmail.com (Email)
(310) 435-7472 (Cellphone) (call or text)
For donations by mail, make out check to: "Michelin for Senate 2024"
and mail to: "Michelin for Senate 2024"
4439 W 138th St #B, Hawthorne, CA 90250
Endorsements
El Camino College Federation of Teachers
El Camino Classified Employees, American Federation of Teachers
El Camino College Police Officers Association
El Camino College Board Trustee Trisha Murakawa
El Camino College Board Trustee Brett Roberts
El Camino College Board Trustee Cliff Numark
El Camino Classified Employees President Roy Dietz
El Camino College Federation of Teachers President and Los Angeles Community College Trustee Kelsey Ino
Carson City Council Member Arleen Rojas
Carson City Council Member Jim Dear
Carson City Mayor Pro Tem Elito Santarina (ret.)
Carson Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Commissioner Walter Gonzalez
Carson Mobile Home Rental Review Board Member Ricardo Pulido
Carson AADAP Community Prevention Manager Richard Pablo Bis
Carson St Philomena Church Social Justice Committee Chair Modesta Pulido
Gardena City Council Member Dan Medina (ret.)
Gardena Mayor (ret.) and West Basin Water District Director Don Dear
Gardena business owner, photographer, and historian George Castro
Hawthorne City Council Member Gary Parsons (ret.)
Hawthorne VFW Post 2075 Commander Roger and Julie Morrissey (ret.)
Hawthorne Historical Society Treasurer Richard Huhn
Hawthorne Eucalyptus School PTA President Claudia Hernandez (ret.)
Hawthorne Community Activist Gordon Mego
Hawthorne Business Owner Marcela Paez-Pak
Hawthorne Business Owner Herceny Del Cid
Hawthorne Resident Tim Hagerty
Hawthorne Resident Sara Dumani
Huntington Park City Council Member Graciela Ortiz
ILWU Local 13 Member and Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council Board Member Mathew Garland
Lawndale City Council Member Sirley Cuevas
Lennox School Board Member Marisol Cruz (ret.)
Lennox Coordinating Council President Sergio Paz
Los Angeles County Office of Education Superintendent Dr. Darlene Robles (ret.)
North Harbor Gateway Neighborhood Association Member Mike Okereke
North Hawthorne Community Association President Reuben Sanchez
North Hawthorne Community Association President (ret.) and local business owner Ray Vergara
Pastor Sam Matafeo, Samoan Heritage Association
Tom Rubio, Stephen White Middle School Teacher
Uso Kiki Simi, Carson Resident
Wilmington Neighborhood Council Original Founding Board Member Trishie Salas
Wilmington Neighborhood Council Board Member Carlos Felix
Wilmington Neighborhood Council Board Member Ivan Gonzalez
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(All titles are for identification purposes only.)