Nick Melvoin has spent his career fighting for local students and families. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Harvard,

Nick came back to serve as a teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts. While teaching, he earned a master’s degree in

education at night from Loyola Marymount before going to NYU Law School on a Civil Rights fellowship. As an educator and

advocate, Nick has focused on putting students and families first by improving transparency, increasing family and community

engagement, and providing our students and teachers the resources they need. He believes that together, we can ensure that

every student in L.A. has the chance to succeed.

On the school board, Nick fought to safely reopen schools, provide devices and internet access for every student in

LAUSD, and provide resources for underserved families across Los Angeles. And as the director of the non-profit summer

program Camp Harmony, Nick helps unhoused children in-need develop positive self-esteem and critical skills they need all year

round. Nick Melvoin is the leader we need on the L.A. School Board.

Tracey was born in Los Angeles County and is no stranger to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Her grandfather graduated from Los Angeles High School, keeping a ceremonial original brick from the school on his mantle. Her dad was in the first graduating class from Grant High School that opened up in the San Fernando Valley in1959. She's been teaching reading, writing, math and more to LAUSD kids - from kindergarten to third grade - for 24 years. She has also volunteered in communities and schools in South America, Africa and Asia. Tracey earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies from UCLA and a master’s degree in Psychology, with a specialty in Art Therapy, from Phillips Graduate Institute. In 2007 she was a finalist for the Los Angeles Music Center BRAVO Award for integrating the Arts into classroom instruction.

Tracey is a boots-on-the ground, highly-qualified LAUSD teacher, ready to serve our kids as our next school board member. She is an independent, common-sense thinker who believes in jumping in to help whenever and wherever there is a problem to solve. She has first-hand experience with our schools’ daily and long-term challenges, both in the classroom and beyond, and can offer effective solutions. 

She is a positive, practical solution-finder, a team player and a consensus-builder, who is motivated to include the voices of parents, students, school staff and other community stakeholders in the search for positive solutions for the LAUSD.

As a parent of two students at LAUSD in district 4, Gentille has a vested interest in advocating for children and families. She receives no funding from special interest groups, and is entirely citizen backed. Gentille has no affiliation with the teachers union and no political motivations for higher office; She is simply a mom who wants to get personally involved in making decisions for the future of our children.

Gentille is running as a non- partisan candidate. She will vote for any party that will have the best interest of children and families in mind.