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Justine Fischer, Partnership Specialist for the 2020 Census in Ventura County.  Justine is an ardent community advocate and has a background of working with and for children and youth, especially those in under-served and vulnerable communities. 

She has hones skills in leadership development, non-profit management, stakeholder engagement, creating welcoming environments, volunteer engagement and storytelling for advocacy. She has spent her life working in the non-profit world both professionally and as a volunteer. She is a Past-President of California State PTA, splitting her time between her home in Ventura County and Sacramento. Spending time in schools and being an advocate for students and families. 

She was the Director of Religious Education for the Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for fifteen years. Part of her responsibilities included outreach and service to the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP), the Children’s Service Auxiliary (foster care), the LGBTQ+ population and children with disabilities.

She is passionate about the 2020 Census. She knows from personal and professional experience Census data touches all the services, programs, public institutions and common use areas, like freeways throughout the county.  Ventura County is her home and she feels everyone living here is her neighbor. She is working to ensure that everyone here in the county knows they count!