Name: Kathleen Fernandez

Birthplace: Fresno

What high school did you attend? Selma High

Area you represent: Juvenile Courts

Years as EOC Commissioner: 3 ½ years

Profession: Probation Officer

Do you sit on other boards/commissions? Sanctuary Advisory Board

Best advice ever received: Learn to say no … you can’t do everything!

Favorite advice I give: Listen to your mother. You may not realize now how smart she is, but when you have children of your own you’ll understand.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Sal’s in Selma

Proudest moment: the day my children were born

Greatest personal accomplishment: earning my master’s degree in criminology

Best vacation I’ve taken: Maui

Favorite weekend activity: going shopping and watching my son’s baseball games.

Last good movie I saw: Enchanted

Scariest experience: I saw an airplane crash. The pilot survived, but that image has not left me.

If I had a million dollars I would … quit work, invest it, and stay at home with the kids.

Favorite place to shop: Macy’s

Favorite childhood memory: spending the holidays with extended family

Words that describe me best: reserved

I like to watch: Law & Order

In my spare time … hang out with my kids.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … making good decisions makes all the difference.