MEET MAGDALENA
Fighting for Families Like Yours
Magdalena Gomez grew up in a farmworking family right here in the Valley. She knows what it takes to make ends meet, and she knows a good education is often the only way out of that struggle. That's why, for eight years, she's fought to bring real resources home to Area 4: new classrooms, stronger job training programs, and a college that actually works for rural families.
Because of Magdalena, more students are graduating from Reedley College and walking straight into good jobs in agriculture, healthcare, and skilled trades. She's protected local jobs, kept costs from spiraling, and made sure our communities are never an afterthought when the money gets divided up.
Magdalena isn't done. With a proven track record of delivering for State Center Community College District, Magdalena is now running for re-election to a 3rd term at State Center Community College to continue fighting for working families, bringing more resources home to the district, and ensuring our voices are heard in Sacramento and Washington, DC.
PRIORITIES
Fiscal Responsibility
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Educational Equity in Rural Communities
Eight years with no employee layoffs, even through nationwide economic hardship. Magdalena has secured millions in funding for the district and successfully negotiated employee contracts, all while remaining a strong steward of taxpayer dollars.
Educational Equity in Rural Communities
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Educational Equity in Rural Communities
Magdalena is a strong advocate for making sure rural communities are not an afterthought in education policy. She works to ensure that every rural student has the same access to opportunity as students elsewhere in the state.
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Magdalena works to expand access to higher education and invest in career training that leads to good-paying jobs, growing programs in agriculture, nursing, fire, law enforcement, construction trades, and emerging technology, while expanding dual enrollment and building partnerships with local employers.
Accessibility & Affordability
Workforce Development & Career Technical Education
Because a quality education should not depend on income. Magdalena is focused on expanding access to student housing, transportation, and mental health counseling, reducing food insecurity, and championing free educational resources (OER) and campus food pantries like Clyde's Closet.
A Fair Share for Reedley College
A Fair Share for Reedley College
Rural community colleges like Reedley are too often an afterthought when state and federal dollars get divided up. Magdalena has been a proven advocate for making sure Area 4 gets its fair share, and she'll keep fighting for it.