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# Board trustee honored by Latino community
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/board-trustee-honored-by-latino-community/
- Published: 2004-06-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:39:32.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica Board of Trustees Chair Margaret Quiñones received awards from the National Latino Trustees Association, the California Latino Trustees Association and from the statewide Puente Project in honor of her appointment to the California Community College Board of Governors. Quiñones was the first Latina appointed to the board.

Quiñones was elected to the SMC board of Trustees in November 2000\. She served eight years as a trustee on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board, including a year as president before that.

An SMC graduate, Quiñones received her bachelor’s degree in mental health research methods from California State University at Dominguez Hills. She received a master’s in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate in educational leadership from UCLA. She also was a fellow of the John F. Kennedy Harvard School of Government.

Quiñones was the first Latina elected to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District and SMC boards.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 29, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)