Maria has been currently working as Grower Database/Administrative Clerk with APCD since 1996. Her role is to proofread the maps received and update the ownership in access, excel, and word databases and some front office duties. Initially she started working in the Lab Administration department and has worked in Automation, Greenhouse, and Pounding lab during three decades of time. She has experience assisting her co-workers in different departments and has worn different hats. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Visalia. She graduated from Redwood High School and then got her associate of science degree from the College of the Sequoias. Here at APCD, her goal is to work the best that she can, be a team player and be a dependable asset to the agency. She wants to retire with the agency.