A leader is not one who looks for the credit or who wants to be seen but one who has a vision and encourages teamwork. This is the kind of leader I know Emma Violand-Sanchez to be. She has an extensive background in education. She and I serve on the College Board at Northern Virginia Community College together and I have observed her passion for teamwork and for helping young people. She is a voice for the voiceless advocating for a more effective transition from high school to college for those students for whom English is a Second Language. She advocates for more communication between high schools and colleges so that students are prepared for the rigors of college level work. She is a principled person who has a good heart. . . When you really hear her, you witness a very rare thing, you witness a person who has a heart filled with compassion and goodwill for mankind and a commitment to see it through.

Emma has the best combination of mind and heart and strength of leadership through teamwork and feeling for the problems of ordinary people of anybody with whom I’ve ever worked.

So I urge each of you to support my friend, Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez for Arlington County School Board.