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Amy Chen
Amy Chen is a candidate running for Conejo Valley School Board. She is based out of Thousand Oaks, California.

Early Life
Amy Chen grew up in Paraguay, where her father made a living teaching and later doing business. The first two languages she learned were Chinese and Spanish, and learned English when she moved to Loma Linda, California. She has 1 brother and 2 other sisters that her mother stayed at home to care for.

Education
Amy attended UC Irvine alongside her future husband, Steve. Upon graduation, Amy moved to San Fransisco to get her Doctorate in Pharmacy at UCSF.

Family
Amy is the mother to 3 children and owner of 2 dogs. Her eldest son, senior at Westlake High School, is interested in a military career while the younger son, enrolled at Colina Middle School, is interested in technology. Chen's daughter is enrolled in a private institution.

Community Involvement
Chen serves as the CFO of First Ave. Education Inc. which works to enrich language skills in young students. She is the founder of the nonprofit Top Goal Education which aims to offer greater variety of enrichment to families that find those services limited. She has spent time with children in KwaZulu, South Africa where she seeks to stabilize their medical conditions. She serves as a philanthropy chair for the National League of Young Men and National Charity League in support of her children's enrollment in the two programs. Finally, she volunteers for GATE and other local educational groups.

Campaign
"Kids first and parental rights"

This is Chen's motto for how the school board should make its decisions. She values safe learning environments and puts education above all else. Increased parental rights is something she pushes for as she believes that guardians should have a more active role in education of their children.

"Fiscal Responsibility"

She deems management of annual budget as a critical role of the position she runs for. She plans on wisely spending the budget on "critical repairs and updates" to the schools within Conejo Valley Unified School District.

"Save Neighborhood Schools/Save teacher jobs"

Despite the declining enrollment of students in CVUSD, Chen seeks to accommodate the needs of families that voluntarily enroll in private institutions to help increase enrollment and funding.