Author: Maya Phillips

Maya Phillips grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was the Soviet Union at the time. She graduated from Saint Petersburg State University with a degree in German Language and Linguistics. Maya came to the U.S. in 1999 and became an American citizen in 2006. She has been working in translations and in property management in recent years. Mrs. Phillips currently serves on the Ramona Unified School District Board of Trustees. She was appointed to a vacant board seat in March 2022 and elected for a full term in November 2022, with her current term running through 2026. She is a strong advocate for academics, local control, and parental rights.

I Grew Up With Soviet Communism; Now as a Trustee I See It Embedded in California’s Ethnic Studies

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As a school board member in the Ramona Unified School District in San Diego County, when I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies curriculum for the first time, it brought back childhood memories from growing up in the Soviet...