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joined the coast guard. i started out there washing dishes and ultimately served 10 years. i rose to the rank of chief petty officer before accepting a commission. i used the gi bill and used it to fund my studies at a top business school in spain. i can want to serve in the vic so i can uphold my promise to my brother and sister vetd trans to leave no one behind. our city is often maligned as being antiveteran yet we are a (inaudible) stronger policies at the board of supervisors and the mayor regarding the set trans in our city and for those still in service. sexual assault, institutional discrimination continue to impact service members greatly. we have the need to continue the fight for social justice still serving in the military. we have no representation from the coast guard. we are part of the community and a vital part of the emergency response network. the coast guard is at heart a humanitarian service. i am a member of the cesar chavez post 505. i am working ....
is that right? yes, sir. i used to work there. cool. i wasn t a corps member but i was a recruiter for a while, so i saw in two years about 400 people come through. i recruited through the environmental center and went directly to the coastal commission so it definitely was an influence on me joining the coast guard. in the interest of full disclosure i was on the board of directors for the corps and they still do a lot of work in the district. it was instrumental in getting me from a very rough place to even being able to enlift in the coast guard. thank you both. okay no other questions from the committee, we can go on to our next applicant and that s ivania bartcuss. welcome. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ivania vargus, i am currently the first transgender woman s president at city college of san francisco. we are the biggest community college on the west coast with that percentage of veterans. i work closely with the city college of san ....
yes, sir. i used to work there. cool. i wasn t a corps member but i was a recruiter for a while, so i saw in two years about 400 people come through. i recruited through the environmental center and went directly to the coastal commission so it definitely was an influence on me joining the coast guard. in the interest of full disclosure i was on the board of directors for the corps and they still do a lot of work in the district. it was instrumental in getting me from a very rough place to even being able to enlift in the coast guard. thank you both. okay no other questions from the committee, we can go on to our next applicant and that s ivania bartcuss. welcome. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ivania vargus, i am currently the first transgender woman s president at city college of san francisco. we are the biggest community college on the west coast with that percentage of veterans. i work closely with the city college of san francisco s dean ....
as a core member and then as an environmental intern. is that right? yes, sir. i used to work there. cool. i wasn t a corps member but i was a recruiter for a while, so i saw in two years about 400 people come through. i recruited through the environmental center and went directly to the coastal commission so it definitely was an influence on me joining the coast guard. in the interest of full disclosure i was on the board of directors for the corps and they still do a lot of work in the district. it was instrumental in getting me from a very rough place to even being able to enlift in the coast guard. thank you both. okay no other questions from the committee, we can go on to our next applicant and that s ivania bartcuss. welcome. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ivania vargus, i am currently the first transgender woman s president at city college of san francisco. we are the biggest community college on the west coast with that percentage of ....
place to even being able to enlift in the coast guard. thank you both. okay no other questions from the committee, we can go on to our next applicant and that s ivania bartcuss. welcome. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ivania vargus, i am currently the first transgender woman s president at city college of san francisco. we are the biggest community college on the west coast with that percentage of veterans. i work closely with the city college of san francisco s dean of students, president paris, chancellor tyler and other administrators on behalf of our veteran community. my role is to ensure that all veterans are delivered with the continuously update and resource ensure that a voice for veterans is delivered and that we continuously update the resources available to current and future set tran students on campus and in the community. i am currently also a student at city college, double maipk erring in administration of justice and social sciences, i w ....