Brenda Zamora
Non-Partisan | Nevada
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Brenda Zamora
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Clark County School District Board of Trustees, District D
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Candidate did not provide
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Make The Road Nevada, Volunteer, PLAN Action
Volunteer and Contributor, Make It Work Nevada, Staff
Mi Familia Vota, Staff
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
LIBERAL (8)
SEIU Nevada Local 1107
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Nevada Democratic Veterans and Military Families Caucus
Nevada State Education Association
Make the Road Nevada
OTHER (3)
Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council
United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 1977
Pipe Trades Plumbers Steamfitters Pipefitters UA Local 469
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (7)
Iron Worker Local 433 and 416
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 525
Carpenters Local 1977
Southern Nevada Building Trades Union
Make The Road Action Nevada
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Financial Disclosure Statement - filed 3/28/2022
- Contributions and Expenses Report - period of 1/1/2022-3/31/2022
- Contributions and Expenses Report - period of 4/1/2022-6/30/2022
- $3,349.82 in contributions from Be the Change PAC
- $525.00 contribution from Political Action Committee Local 525
- $250.00 contributions from Laborers for a Solid State Leadership
- $250.00 contribution from 872 PAC
- $250.00 contribution from G.O.P.
- $250.00 contribution from DNC PAC
- $250.00 contribution from Nevada Progressive United PAC
- $250.00 contribution from Sylvia Lazos
- $3,349.82 in contributions from Be the Change PAC
OTHER INFORMATION
Party Primary Election Voting History for Brenda Karina Zamora during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- Party Affiliation: Democratic
- Voted in the following Primary Elections: 2020 and 2018
Was interviewed by Las Vegas Review-Journal (5/15/2022)
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I fully support government funding for all students who attend public schools.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Disagree
Church and State should be separate.
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against anybody.
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
School board members are locally elected public officials entrusted with governing a community's public schools. The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
A curriculum committee made up of teachers, counselors, principals, and board members.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
When a parent has personally attacked a board member or members of the audience.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Language Arts, American History, Social Emotional Learning, Personal Finances, Art and Music, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Foreign Language, Vocation Learning
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Disagree
I believe it should be an opt-out system.
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Agree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Roman Catholic believer, I respect all people's choices thoughts and beliefs, I do not try to impose my beliefs unto others. I do value respect, empathy, honesty and integrity above all else.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Agree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
I believe it is a partnership between the school and guardians. The school should be able to cover the basics and guardians can continue the conversation. I believe an appropriate age would be at 10 because we are in a time where we have young girls as little as the age of 9 begin their periods.
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Disagree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Disagree
They should not be involved in the sexual transitioning but should respect their new name and pronouns.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Agree
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Agree
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Liberal
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/02/13/child-care-nevada-shouldnt-cost-much-college-tuition-novoa/4754709002/
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a mother of 3. My two oldest attend school in the district, and one has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). I have also been a part of their School Organizing Team (SOT) for 5 years. The SOT focus on the schools budget and how it should be spent. I have been working on issues on a state level that are around economic and reproductive justice and have worked with many working families. I plan to be the communities voice on the board.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
When the public health is at risk.
I support mask mandates.
Agree
