District 14

Good morning District 14!!!

My name is Victoria Reyna, Assistant Director for the City of Lancaster's PARCS Department and your 2024-2025 CPRS State Secretary/Treasurer! 

Fun fact about me... I LOVE to bake! Why, you ask? Because life is better with dessert!

Looking forward to connecting with ALL of you amazing Recreation Professionals across District 14! 

#D14Strong #Region4 

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Victoria Y. Reyna, CPRE
Assistant Director, PARCS
City of Lancaster
Lancaster, CA
661.723.6105
vreyna@cityoflancasterca.gov
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Hello! 

My name is Melissa Canel and I am this year's D14 Secretary. I was lucky enough to try Victoria's baking during a potluck and I can attest that it was DELICIOUS! 

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Melissa Canel
Coordinator 1 - Recreation
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-6074
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Original Message:
Sent: 6/6/2024 10:00:00 PM
From: Melissa Canel
Subject: RE: District Challenge - June 2024

Hello! 

My name is Melissa Canel and I am this year's D14 Secretary. I was lucky enough to try Victoria's baking during a potluck and I can attest that it was DELICIOUS! 

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Melissa Canel
Coordinator 1 - Recreation
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-6074
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Hello D14!

I'm so enjoying getting to know so many of you through these intros!!

I'm Stef (with an 'F'), your CPRS Executive Director.  Did you know that I too, came from a parks and recreation background?  I worked in several senior centers throughout Colorado in my early career!  I then spent a couple of years as a caterer and event planner, before landing at the Colorado Park & Recreation Association and now here with you amazing humans.  I'm one fortunate woman!

Fun Fact... one of my very first duties as CPRS Executive Director was to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium!  Note that I have ZERO athletic ability.  Thanks to a lot of practice and a very patient 'coach' in Jill Nunes, I successfully didn't embarrass myself nor CPRS that day.  It wasn't a long toss and may have bounced once, but it was nice and straight. Yes, there is a video but it may cost you to see it (wink, wink).

Stef hugs to you!

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Stephanie Stephens
Executive Director
California Park & Recreation Society
(916) 665-2777
stephanie@cprs.org
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Name: Kyla Brown Agency: RivCoParks Title: Parks Director/General Manager Years in Parks: 30! Fun Facts: I'm your CPRS President for 2024-25 I love to read & learn new things - all kinds of books, articles, journals, etc.   I started my career in aquatics/sports management and migrated to park operations in 2010. I'm allergic to most things green and growing, which adds and extra challenge and makes my job pretty interesting.

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Kyla Brown MPA, CPRE
General Manager/Director | 2024-25 CPRS President
Riverside County Regional Park & Open Space District
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Hi there District 14! Firstly let me tell you how I'm having a blast reading your posts and getting to know you!

So here I go. My name is Beatriz Godinez-Muniz but you all may know me as Bee, your friendly Membership Services Coordinator. I've been with CPRS since October 4th, 1990. Yeah, I've been here a minute. And boy do I have stories! 😉 All wonderful stories, of course! 😊 I've seen a few of you come in as student members and flourish into the awe-inspiring professionals you are today! You all are an amazing bunch, and I am honored to be working for and with you!

Fun Fact: My husband and I had an Afro-Cuban Drum & Dance group for 20 years. And we now have Trio OTW. Another fun fact, when I was a pre-teenager, I played soccer with the world-renowned percussionist, Sheila E.

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Beatriz Godinez-Muniz
Membership Services Coordinator
California Park & Recreation Society
Sacramento CA
(916) 665-2777
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Hellooooo District 14!!! 

I'm loving the introductions and getting to learn something fun about each of you! 

I'm Sonya Patterson, Director of the PARCS (Parks, Arts, Recreation and Community Services) Department in the City of Lancaster. I'm currently serving as your District 14 Board President for 2024 - 2025. Myself along with a small, but eager group of professionals (@Melissa Canel, @Justin Santos, @Juan Salas, @Ramon Galo, @Jorge Monroy, @Kimberly Betancourt) are working to re-invigorate D14. Also, if you're interested in getting involved in D14 or have ideas please reach out to me. 

Fun Fact about me...I'm the park kid who grew up to be a recreation professional! I'm sure I'm not alone in that fact...lol. I started working in the City of Lancaster 35 years ago as a Recreation Leader and returned to the City 3 1/2 years ago as the Director - I'm truly blessed to get do what I love in my hometown! 

Keep the introductions coming D14....let's win this challenge!!!

Your District 14 Board pictured below: 

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Sonya Patterson
Director
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-6074
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What a great opportunity to get to know one another better!

I am Angela Clayborne, Sr. Analyst for the City of Lancaster's PARCS Department. 

I enjoy traveling and am reigniting my passion for reading! 

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Angela Clayborne
Senior Analyst
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-6074
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Hello everyone!

Great to see so many awesome people here in District 14, I'm definitely in good company :)

My name is Lauren Lien and I am Coordinator of Arts and Museums in the City of Lancaster's PARCS department. 

Fun fact about me: My husband and I are both archeologists, we met while conducting excavations at a Neanderthal rock shelter site in Spain!

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Lauren Lien
Coordinator
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-5961
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Hello Everyone!

My name is Ashley Hernandez and I am an analyst for the City of Lancaster PARCS department. 

A fun fact about myself is that I love to travel. In my youth, I played club water polo and competed in New Zealand with my team. 

Looking forward to meeting so many more of my D14 peers!

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Ashley Hernandez
Analyst
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-5843
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Hi Everyone!

It's awesome to read through all of your introductions! Here's a quick fact sheet on me 😁👍. Go #d14strong!

Name: Tony Rodriguez

Agency: City of Burbank Parks and Recreation

Title: Graphics Media Designer

Years in Parks: 5

Fun Facts:

• I started in the private sector with digital media marketing for a major retailer.
• I love technology (ask me about data sets, Web UI, Raspberry Pi, building computers and we're going to need to take a chair).
• I'm a coffee fanatic (pour over, siphon brew, cold brew, Aeropress, single origin coffee beans, the difference between gesha and regular beans... again, better pull up a chair for this).
• I know Adobe products like the back of my hand.

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Tony Rodriguez
Graphics Media Designer
City of Burbank Park Rec & Comm Svcs
Burbank CA
(818) 238-5313
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Hi everyone!

My name is Ramon Galo, Assistant Director for the City of Lancaster's PARCS Department and I oversee Recreation and Maintenance Divisions.  I am this year's District 14 Treasurer and I am looking forward to this journey.

Like Victoria, I also love baking.  I really enjoy making coconut bread, pineapple upside down cake, cassava cake, and sour cream cake.  

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Ramon Galo
Senior Manager
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-5979
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Hello,

I am Justin Santos, Recreation Coordinator for the City of Santa Clarita. I currently oversee Adult Sports operations. I am also the President Elect for District 14.

I enjoy most sports. I also coach youth basketball for fun. I like being active and I like eating baked goods that other people make.

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Justin Santos
Recreation Coordinator
City of Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita CA
(661) 290-2243
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-21-2024 10:44 AM
From: Ramon Galo
Subject: District Challenge - June 2024

Hi everyone!

My name is Ramon Galo, Assistant Director for the City of Lancaster's PARCS Department and I oversee Recreation and Maintenance Divisions.  I am this year's District 14 Treasurer and I am looking forward to this journey.

Like Victoria, I also love baking.  I really enjoy making coconut bread, pineapple upside down cake, cassava cake, and sour cream cake.  

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Ramon Galo
Senior Manager
City of Lancaster
Lancaster CA
(661) 723-5979
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Lindsay Tiu
California Park & Recreation Society
Sacramento CA
(916) 665-2777
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