Nominee's Key Links:
Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-lee-15117b/
Resume or CV: https://www.cocoablini.com/
Writing or Publications:
Website: http://runningraptors.run/
Video: https://youtu.be/LnItTCGPwfE?si=qtrJH9qDgJpEI7sW
Socials: https://www.instagram.com/raptorsrunning/
Agency or agencies for which nominator feels nominee is best suited:
Organization name(s) and position(s) for which nominator feels nominee is best suited:
School sports and PE program designer
Policies which the nominator knows the nominee supports or in which they have expertise:
Candidate, Justin Lee(me), is a successful youth coach in running(cross country, track and field and generic health and fitness) who has 11 years of experience training elementary, middle and high school students in competitive running and lifestyle running. In lieu of the massive loss in sports budgets across the nation and the poor adherence to any standard of health in schools, I would offer my assistance in designing a program in schools to help students achieve a healthy standard in athletic excellence that is based on personal goals and not generic standards which may not be appropriate to a particular person.
I am a certified USATF Coach who has managed training programs for a large Bay Area Middle school and also a private club. My runners, to this day, are running for fun as adults and I engender a positive view of strength and agility with my runners. My trainees run in 1/2 marathons as 12 year olds(!) and one of my past runners won CIF California States in Cross Country. Most of my trainees, however, just run wild in the trails as kids should.
Nominator's thoughts on what would make this nominee a valuable member of a future Trump Unity Government
Probably, to a fault, I was raised to be honest and promote the correct course of action. This has applied to work, where I have taken a politically incorrect stance in defending a coworker and/or taking a wrong pivot in a products direction. Professionally I am a user experience designer in technology, which over the last 20 years has become very politically charged at the expense of the user base.
During the Kennedy campaign, I took the unfavorable stance of defending his policies in a Democratic stronghold of the Bay Area. I worked directly with campaign after I was released from AV24(budget issues)on canvassing and freeway sign events.
In this particular area of expertise I list these:
-I am a USATF Safesport certified Track and Field Coach
-Have major experience with a demographic of children ranging from 5 to 18
-Promote healthy sports and lifestyle health over competition obsessions
-I have a good deal of experience with female athletes and body image issues(the female triad) helping them to get strong and muscular over the dangerous weight reduction technique of increasing power to mass ratio
-I design programs for those athletes who are competitive and help them with cross training efforts to prevent repetitive stress injuries
-I am not afraid of the establishment in the Dept of Education or local districts and I have promoted other unrelated policies in housing that have been politically tenuous for me personally as well
-I work with parents on their behalf to motivate kids according to their abilities and goals. Racing or just meeting a mileage goal.
Most importantly, there is a standard academic wonk who serves in federal government that thinks of policies in terms of papers and proposals. I have real world experience with youth health and a track record to prove it.
I wish for government at every level to consider its impacts on the real lives of children. Currently government serves a caste system of corporate oligarchs and their dependents in public office. Its time we the people were NOT the untouchable class.