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Jesse Loren is an elected City Council Member in Winters, California who serves as a liaison to Winters Hispanic Advisory Committee, the League of California Cities and on many City assignments. She was first elected to office in July of 2016 for a four year term on City Council. She ran against 2 opponents and unseated an incumbent. Jesse was an educator for 17 years working for Winters Joint Unified School District in 1996, Esparto Unified School District in  1997, Fairfield-Suisun School District in 1998-2000, and Travis Unified School District in Fairfield as High School English, Journalism and other literature assignments 2001-2014. Jesse Loren is author to "Screamin' Meme" printed by Lavender Ink in 2007, and co-editor to "Bombshells: War Stories and Poems by Women on the Homefront" by OmniArts inc. Also, "Mourning Sickness: Stories and Poems about Miscarriage and infant Loss" also printed by OmniArts. Jesse Loren graduated from University of California at Irvine in 1995, attended Warren Wilson, in 1995-6, where she met and worked with poet Larry Levis, then attended California State School in Sacramento and worked with Dennis Schmitz. She also attended Art of the Wild where she worked with a variety of writers, including Walter Pavlich and Sandra McPherson. Ms. Loren graduated from University of New Orleans MFA program in 2004-5, under the guidance of Bill Lavender, studying in both Madrid with Peter Gizzi and Italy, studying the literature of Ezra Pound in Schlöss Brunenburg. Jesse Loren is the daughter of Regina and Ernest Rocha of Baldwin Park, California. Regina was a business woman and Ernest was a pianist, and arranger. Jesse has 11 siblings in total, with 1 of 2 surviving sibling from her parents' marriage and 6 of 8 from her parents previous marriages. Jesse Loren has 3 children: Crystal Enriquez Foster, Jarrett James Lowery and Caitlin-Anne Dakota Flaws. Jesse Loren is married to Brian Bellamy and lives and serves her community in Winters, California.