Nashon T. Mitchell is running for the Antelope Valley Community College Governing Board in Area 4, a nonpartisan seat on the general election ballot. She faces one opponent, Michael R. Adams.
Mitchell, a workforce development specialist according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk candidate list, says she is running on a platform of expanding student services and removing barriers to degree completion. Her campaign slogan, according to her Instagram account, is "Students First. Success Always."
Candidate information
- Office sought: Antelope Valley Community College Governing Board, Area 4
- Election date: Nov. 3
- Party: Nonpartisan
- Occupation: Workforce development specialist
- Education: Bachelor of science in sociology, Cal Poly Pomona (claimed by the candidate)
- Residence detail: Not provided
Experience and public service
Mitchell lists several roles on her campaign and nonprofit pages. She says she is the founder and president of Sole of the CommUNITY, Inc., a nonprofit, and also says she serves as an elected delegate for the Los Angeles Democratic Party in the 39th Assembly District and is a California Democratic Party Black Caucus member.
Mitchell describes herself as a former foster youth mentoring coordinator, a returning adult student and a mother, according to an Aug. 23 Instagram post on her campaign account.
On the issues
Student support and college completion
Mitchell says students need complete degree and certificate pathways, career training, dependable counseling, childcare, transportation assistance, mental-health support and basic-needs resources closer to home. On her campaign Instagram, she wrote that her guiding question as a trustee would be how a decision helps students succeed.
Mitchell did not detail specific funding mechanisms for these proposals. No implementation timelines appeared in the materials reviewed.
The Antelope Valley Community College Governing Board oversees Antelope Valley College in Lancaster. Board members set policy, approve budgets and hire the college president. This profile is based on the candidate's public statements, campaign materials and Los Angeles County election records. No candidate questionnaire response was received by this outlet.
