SACRAMENTO: Sharon Singh, a Jesse Marvin Unruh Fellow for 198990 has joined the staff of Assemblyman Phil Isenberg. She is the first Asian Indian to be accepted into the Jesse Marvin Unruh Fellowship Program.
Singh graduated from the University of California, Davis in Rhetoric/Communication with Art Studio minor in 1988. During her academic career, she was involved with the ASUCD Entertainment Council, India Student Association, Japanese Cultural Society, Women’s Leadership Conference, UC Davis Art Club, Punjabi Cultural Association, and the Chan cellar’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women in Davis.
After graduation, Singh acquired her Emergency Teaching Credential and worked at the Arbuckle Elementary School. She was also selected as the first Director of Colusa County Arts Council.
She currently is concentrating on health care, judicial and education issues in Isenberg’s office. Assemblyman Isenberg represents the 10th district which includes portions of Sacramento, Contra Costa, and San Joaquin counties. His major legislative concerns include health and water issues.
After four months, Singh will transfer to the Ways and Means Subcommittee that handles education legislation and education it ems in the annual state budget.
The Unruh Fellowship Program is one of the most prestigious such programs in the nation. Its primary goal is to provide college graduates and graduate students with practical, first hand knowledge of the Legislature through work in the Assembly and a graduate seminar.
The Assembly assignments are similar to those of legislative aides and committee consultants. The graduate seminar is conducted by California State University, Sacramento.
Fellows, who must be college graduates when the program year begins, receive a monthly stipend, medical insurance coverage and paid enrollment at CSUS. They earn 12 units of graduate credit for the program,
Sharon is the daughter of Sardarni Sarvan and Sardar Gayan Singh of Williams.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 1, 1989
