Lucila Mendoza Local Conservation Corps. Program Assistant II

First Job: The Fresno Bee (door to door sales at 16 yrs old)

Birthplace: Fresno, CA

Years at EOC: Two Years

Best advice ever received: “Be a leader, not a follower.”

Favorite advice I give: “Family comes first.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Pizza

Proudest moment: becoming a mother

Greest personal accomplishment: going back to school after 10 years!

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Disneyland at 29 years-old

Favorite weekend activity: Going with my family to the “remate” (swap meet)

Last good movie I saw: The Changeling Directed by: Clint Eastwood Staring: Angelina Jolie

Scariest experience: being in a car accident with my three children

If I had a million dollars I would … get a bigger home for my family and all my pets.

Favorite place to shop: Target

Favorite childhood memory: being on KGST’s Despertar Infantil a live radio broadcast that was located where our HR office is now

Words that describe me best: practical and diligent

I like to watch: America ’s Most Wanted

In my spare time … I sit outside and watch my two small children run around with our pets.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… forgive and forget, then move on.