Perspective
Q& A with
Sandra Marquez
From teacher’s aide to Gaming Commissioner, Sandra Marquez shares her journey and offers insight into what she thinks is the key to future prosperity.
What does it mean to be Serrano and a tribal citizen of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians? I feel very proud and strong-willed, as our ancestors were. I think about the ancestors and how they struggled to survive. And I count my blessings. As a child, I knew what it was like to not have the things we have today, but we were happy. We hung in there and we were strong; that’s what perseverance is.
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