The voting on April 23 was done to fill the seat vacated by former trustee David Neighbors who resigned. Boac will be serving as a board member until November 2014.
Board President Linda Chen said of Boac: "I look forward to serving with an experienced and excellent educator who has made a huge difference in many young lives."
Five candidates were interviewed during an open session. Voting began after comments from the public were gathered.
Boac is currently the adjunct faculty student teacher supervisor at the San Jose University and National Hispanic University.
A long-time educator, Berryesa resident
Boac was a former principal of the largest union high school district in Northern California, the Eastside Union High School District.
Before this, she taught in Independence High School for over two decades, according to an article by Lorna Dietz on her Radiant View blog site.
Boac was the president of the Filipino American Movement of Education (FAME) in the Silicon Valley, a group founded in 1972 by dedicated educators.
Dietz also noted that Boac was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day “Good Neighbor Award for Community Service” in January 2005.
During the same year she was named by Marquis Publications as one of the “Outstanding Women” during the “Who’s Who Among America’s Women.”
For Boac, education and teaching are two of the most important things in the world.
“When you’re an educator, you become ‘public.’ You also become an advocate for what you believe in: the best educational opportunities for all children. Education is not only the responsibility of the school but also a partnership with parents and the community,” Boac said on the blog.
Twist of fate
Dietz said Boac who was born in the island of Bohol, Philippines left the country in 1965 to come to the United States with her foster parents.
Her foster mother is her aunt. She was surrendered for adoption by her biological mother.
As a 10-year-old girl, she started living in California barely knowing any English.
Boac later graduated from San Francisco State University where she earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in education, administration and supervision.
However, in a twist of fate, Boac's life seemed to mirrored by history when her youngest sister passed away in 1989, Dietz said.
“I had no idea that my life would be repeated. Danny and I adopted the two children of my youngest sister who had passed away.” she recalls, adding that “they are a gift from God.” - Andrei Medina, VVP, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
