Councilmember Francisco Zermeño

Education

• B.A., Spanish and Portuguese, 1975, UC Santa Bárbara
• M.A., Spanish and Portuguese, 1978, UC Santa Bárbara

Occupation

• Professor of Spanish, Chabot College, Hayward
• Business Owner, Terlingua Translation, Hayward

Elected Office

• Elected – Hayward City Council, 2008
• Re-Elected – Hayward City Council, 2012
• Re-Elected - Hayward City Council, 2016
• Re-Elected - Hayward City Council, 2020

Community Service

• Hayward Planning Commission – 1999-2007
• Hayward Library Commissioner – 1998
• Task Force on the Hayward Public Library - 1996

Community Awards

• John Pappas Humanitarian Award, Hayward, 1996
• Martin Luther King Jr. Community Award, January 2005
• Teacher of the Year, SWCOLT (Southwest Coalition of Language Teachers), 2005
• Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, 2007

Professional Activities & Community Involvement

• ROTC, 1971-1973.
• 35 years at Chabot College, Hayward, teaching Spanish 
Presenter at CLTA, FLANC, AATSP, SWCOLT (and other non-language) conferences
• FLANC’s Newsletter Editor, 1999 -
• Faculty Advisor of MECHA at Chabot College, 1980 -
• La Alianza de Hayward co-founder and Director, 1991 -
• St. Bede’s School Board Member (1992-95)
• PUENTE Project Mentor, 1982 -
• Faculty Union Officer & Negotiator, Chabot College, 1988 – 1998
• CABE of Hayward (California Association of Bilingual Educators)
• CLEA (Chicano Latino Education Association) of Chabot College co-founder, 1985 -
• Columnist of the Hayward Daily Review newspaper on 
(Latino issues, every Wednesday ¬ Oct. 2004 – Jan, 2007)
• Co-author, AZ Spanish Study Guide, 2000
• Chabot Faculty Senate member, 2005-2008
• Author, Café Chronicles (Floricanto Press, 2007)
• Co-Founder of Café con leche monthly newsletter, 2007.
• Master Day of the Dead Altar Builder, 1980 –
• Faculty Adviser to the Ballet Folclórico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno, 1985 –
• Co-organizer of El Cinco de Mayo Festival, Downtown Hayward, 1986-
• Hayward Time Capsule Task Force member, 1994
• Co-founder of the Hayward Youth Mariachi Program, with Héctor García, in 1996
• Faculty Adviser to Grupo Tlapalli dance troupe, 1996-
• Task Force member on the Hayward Public Library, 1996,
• Hayward Arts Council Board Member, 1996-2001. Introduced the idea of Murals in Hayward for a future Mural tour.
• Co-founder of the Annual César Estrada Chávez Celebration, 1998 -
• Hayward San Felipe Sister Committee – member and officer, 1998 – 2006.
• Register of Voters, 1999 -
• Return of the Swallows Festival of Chabot College Annual Festival founder/organizer, 2000 -
• Greater Hayward Democrats Member, 2000 -
• Greater Hayward Democrats President 2008-2010, 2013-
• St. Rose Foundation Board Member, 2004-
• CALDO (Alameda Latino Democratic Organization), co-founder and Vice President, 2004 – 2006,
• Founder of and Producer of The Best of the Best, Lo Mero Mero (Chabot College TV show for our students) 2006.
• Organizer of the Chabot College/Hayward Mariachi Festival, 2006 –
• Chabot Green Team founder – 2007 -
• Council Adviser to the Hayward Youth Commission, 2008-
• Participant of the Adopt a Block Program (Sleepy Hollow Avenue), 2008
• Committee member of Save St. Rose Hospital, December 2012 –
• Member of Hayward Rotary, 2013 -