Thirty years in Pomona’s schools. Ready to serve on the board.
Christine spent three decades in Pomona Unified as a teacher, coach, activities director, and district administrator. Now retired, she’s running for the school board to keep supporting our students and our schools — in a role where she can make a bigger difference.
Christine Cruz-Arvayo has spent 30 years working in Pomona Unified — in the classroom, on the sidelines, in the activities office, and at the district office. She is now retired, but she isn’t done. She’s running for the Board of Education to keep supporting our students and our schools in a role where she can make a more meaningful impact.
Christine knows the district’s policies and procedures from the inside — and she knows where the gaps are that need to be fixed. Over three decades she helped shape programs and support educators across the district. Her work has touched nearly every corner of PUSD: AVID, athletics, ASB, the arts, and countless initiatives that support student success. Many of her former students are now educators themselves, or serve their community in other ways.
Christine is a Pomona neighbor, not a politician. She has lived in Pomona for 33 years — the last 24 of them in Trustee Area 1. She has been married for 16 years to a man she has known since kindergarten, and together they have three children, three grandchildren, and two dogs. Two of their children graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, and one now works for Pomona Unified. When she isn’t at a school event, you’ll find her gardening, reading, or crafting.
Outside the classroom, Christine taught religious education at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pomona for about ten years, and when she’s able she runs the Pomona 5K — a race organized by one of her former Ganesha students.
Program Administrator, Secondary Curriculum & Instruction
Resource teacher, Health teacher, Activities Director · Trustee Area 1
Activities Director, English teacher, Cheerleading coach, Yearbook advisor
English teacher, Health teacher, Cheerleading coach
Our students with disabilities, African-American students, and students from low-income families deserve the same shot at success as everyone else. Closing that gap better prepares every student for college, career, and life after graduation.
It takes a village to support our students. Teachers and support staff need to feel valued and supported, and receive comparable wages, if we want them to stay in Pomona.
Right-sizing the district is how we free up the funding to do the first two things — close the achievement gap and keep the people who show up for our kids every day.
Throughout my 30 years in Pomona Unified, I have helped shape programs and support educators across our district — from AVID, to athletics, to ASB, to the arts. I know our policies, I know our procedures, and I know where the gaps are. I’m running to fix them.
— Christine Cruz-ArvayoTeachers, counselors, and administrators who have worked alongside Christine have endorsed her campaign as individuals. Names will be published here with each endorser’s permission.
Titles and affiliations are for identification purposes only.
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I had the privilege of working with Mrs. Christine Cruz-Arvayo during her time as our ASB Director at Ganesha High School. She was incredibly professional, kind, and compassionate, and she had a remarkable ability to work with all different types of people with grace and understanding. I know she would be a great addition to the PUSD Board Trustee Area 1.
Mrs. Cruz-Arvayo was my ASB teacher and someone who genuinely showed up for me as a student, even helping me get my driver’s license when I turned 18! She truly made an impact in my life. Years later, I’m grateful to see her continuing to serve the community that she has dedicated so much of her career to.
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