Resume

• 2007

  Master's degree

  Areas of Study: Nationalism

  Nation Building and National Identity Formation in European Nations / Comparative Race Relations in 20th Century United States\n

  History

  California State University-Fullerton

• 2004

  Bachelor's degree

  Areas of Study: Modern and Contemporary American and British Literature in the 19th and 20th Century

  Linguistic Structure of Modern English and English Language in the United States

  English Language and Literature/Letters

  California State University-Fullerton

  Bachelor's degree

  Areas of Study: Interdisciplinary survey of Chicana/o society from a sociological

  economic

  political

  philosophical

  and cultural per¬spective from pre-Columbian civilizations to contemporary society

  Chicana/o Studies

  California State University-Fullerton

• Speech

  Research

  Staff Development

  Public Speaking

  Fundraising

  Community Outreach

  Teaching

  Nonprofits

  “Doss v. Bernal: Ending Mexican Apartheid in Orange County”

  Robert Chao Romero

  Doss v. Bernal successfully challenged the residential segregation of Mexican Americans in Orange County

  resulting in one of the earliest legal victories against racial housing covenants in the United States. This report draws attention to the importance of Bernal for the courtroom successes that followed.

  “Doss v. Bernal: Ending Mexican Apartheid in Orange County”

  Richard A. Santillán

  Susan C. Luévano

  Angelina F. Veyna

  Foreword by Gustavo Arellano

  Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Orange County celebrates the once-vibrant culture of baseball and softball teams from Placentia

  Anaheim

  Santa Ana

  Westminster

  San Juan Capistrano

  and nearby towns. Baseball allowed men and women to showcase their athletic and leadership skills

  engaged family members

  and enabled community members to develop social and political networks. Players from the barrios and colonias of La Fábrica

  Campo Colorado

  La Jolla

  Logan

  Cypress Street

  El Modena

  and La Colonia Independencia

  among others

  affirmed their Mexican and American identities through their sport. Such legendary teams as the Placentia Merchants

  the Juveniles of La Habra

  the Lionettes de Orange

  the Toreros of Westminster

  and the Road Kings of Colonia 17th made weekends memorable. Players and their families helped create the economic backbone and wealth evident in Orange County today. This book sheds light on powerful images and stories of the Mexican American community.

  Mexican American Baseball in Orange County

  Amanda Tewes

  Published Oral History Interview with Paul P. Durón focusing on his personal life growing up in Santa Ana’s Logan Barrio

  in Orange County

  Southern California and his professional career as a successful engineer designing and manufacturing cryogenic industrial pumps and systems. Analyzed

  evaluated and selected photographs

  pamphlets

  and business ephemera that complimented the transcribed interview for publication.

  \"Paul P. Duron: Design and Manufacture of Cryogenic Industrial Pumps and Systems and a Description of the Logan Barrio

  Santa Ana

  California.\"

  Served as historian in a short documentary film that detailed the case Doss v. Bernal titled “Intolerance Versus Freedom

  ” part of the Voces Vivas museum exhibition on display at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes.

  Museum of Teaching and Learning (MOTAL)

  Served as assistant curator for exhibit titled \"A Class Action: The Grassroots Struggle for School Desegregation in California

  \" conducted original research

  supervised undergraduate research team

  advised lead curator (Dr. Raymond Rast)

  and contributed to overall development of the exhibit. Exhibit on display at the Old Courthouse Museum in Santa Ana

  California

  StoryCorps

  Interviewed as the premier researcher/commentator on the housing covenant case Doss v. Bernal. Later

  the interview was broadcasted through the airwaves on KCRW-FM 89.9. Radio.

  Agnes Soto Collection

  Successfully spearheaded and secured the acquisition of 2

  000 plus photographs and ephemera detailing social-cultural

  political and economic life in Santa Ana’s Logan Barrio. Including never before seen photographs of Robert F. Kennedy’s Presidential campaign stop in Orange County

  California days prior to his assassination. Lead the digitization and preservation project of the acquisition of what will be known as the “Agnes Soto Collection

  ” housed at the Santa Ana History Room.

  Doss v. Bernal

  Rediscovered the case in question

  one of the earliest successful housing covenant cases in the nation

  conducted in-depth archival research and conducted oral histories of the family. Continually advises the Bernal Family on the preservation of original documents

  photographs and newspapers pertaining to the case and advocates for the recognition of the case by city governments and educational institutions.

  Fernandez

  I have over ten years experience in researching

  producing studies and understanding local

  state and national history. I am the Executive Director of the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. I am also an adjunct professor at the Department of History at Santa Ana College. In that role

  I lecture on Mexican

  American and California History. Previously

  I was an assistant archivist for the Santa Ana History Room where I successfully led the acquisition of 2

  000 plus photographs and led the digitalization process that is known as the Agnes Soto Collection. Prior to that

  I was an assistant curator and consultant for museum exhibitions

  \"A Class Action: The Grassroots Struggle for School Desegregation in California” and “Intolerance Versus Freedom.” I have co-authored three academic works

  “Mexican American Baseball in Orange County

  ” “Doss v. Bernal: Ending Mexican Apartheid in Orange County” and “Paul P. Duron: Design and Manufacture of Cryogenic Industrial Pumps and Systems and a Description of the Logan Barrio

  Santa Ana

  California.\" Due to my success in local historical research

  I was named “Best Local Historian of 2012” by the OC Weekly. My work has been featured in StoryCorps

  La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

  University of California

  Los Angeles (UCLA)

  Chicano Studies Research Center and the OC Weekly.

  Luis F.

  Fernandez

  Santa Ana College

  Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

  Rancho Dominguez

  California

  I am responsible for planning

  organizing

  designing

  coordinating

  supervising

  and implementing policies

  programs and initiatives of the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. I lead community awareness of the Dominguez Family

  the Homestead Adobe

  and the Rancho San Pedro

  the first Spanish land grant in California. This is accomplished through educational programs and the operation of the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum.

  Executive Director

  Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

  Santa Ana

  California

  I lecture a diverse student body through an inclusive teaching pedagogy that engages student participation in their national

  state and local history and I deliver “last lecture” inspirational speech to inspire

  motivate and encourage students’ success in their academic endeavors. I mentor college students on their academic goals

  refer students to on-campus resources and sensitively accommodate students’ special needs approved by Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS). I advocate for students through strong letters of recommendation that foster students’ scholarship opportunities and acceptance towards four-year universities. I implement institutional and academic major’s Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) into multi-cultural curriculum and conduct student assessment to assure that students are obtaining the learning requirements. I evaluate history books for course adoption

  develop and research supplemental material such as digital documents

  library sources and documentaries at public and academic libraries for course integration. \n\nTeaching Fields: History 120: The United States to 1865 / History 121: The United States Since 1865 / History 124: Mexican-American History in the United States Survey / History 133: History of California

  Adjunct Professor of History

  Santa Ana College

  Spanish

  English

  Best Local Historian of 2012

  \"As a graduate student at Cal State Fullerton

  the Garden Grove resident rediscovered the long-lost case of Doss v. Bernal

  the inspiring story of a Fullerton man of Mexican ancestry who won one of the first housing-segregation cases in American history. Fernandez's championing of the cause has led to the unearthing of documents pertaining to the case

  the public testimony of the Bernal family

  and a planned documentary. Nowadays

  Fernandez helps out at the Santa Ana History Room to ensure that long-lost historical anecdotes get unearthed

  and he is co-editing a book on the history of Mexican baseball leagues in Orange County that will be published next year. Not bad for a shy guy!\"

  OC Weekly