Marguerite Young:
CLASS OF 1974
El Cerrito High SchoolClass of 1974
El cerrito, CA
University of California - Natural ResourcesClass of 1980
Berkeley, CA
Head Royce High SchoolClass of 1974
Oakland, CA
Marguerite's Story
I'm living in Oakland, a single mom to a wild and wonderful teenager Ben. I'm serving my first year as an elected official, one of seven directors of the EBMUD the water utility that serves our area. My day job is working with the SEIU labor union figuring out how to get large institutions that invest our members retirement savings to do so responsibly. Prior to joining SEIU 13 yrs ago, I spend more than 2 decades working in the environmental movement, mostly with Clean Water Action, where I advocated for well...clean safe water.
Being at EBMUD gives me the opportunity to bring together all my passions and I'm loving it!
After high school I wound my way through a few majors and colleges, finally ended up graduating from UCB with a degree in Political Economy of Natural Resources, while wo...Expand for more
rking my way through school at Capwells. After that I worked as a whitewater rafting guide, did a little urban planning and in late 1981 started what would be my career as an environmental activist working to defeat the peripheral canal. Along the way about 30 years ago I came out as a lesbian, stopped smoking and quit drinking alcohol..
In my spare time, I love whitewater kayaking (a sport my son enjoys with me), fixing up vintage trailers (I have a 1956 Shasta that I rebuilt), and making things (cigar box guitars, quilts, mosaics). My new winter project is going to be a hand built sea kayak, making it from a kit.
My twin sister Dorothy, that's likely how you remember us the Twins who had the parties up in Kensington, just moved to Rio Vista. She has two kids both out of college. .
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