After graudating from one of the top university in China, Ms. Zhang came to US for her Master of Scinece degree supported by a scholarship. Then She went to UCLA for her Pd.D grogram. Later on, she came to sillicon valley to work in high tech industry in both technical and marketing fields. Years later, She became a successful investment business owner in Fremont. She has been a resident of Fremont for 16 years and has two teenagers attaneding FUSD schools. 

Applied Knowledge is true power.

There is no failure , but few detours. 

I am Jhansi Kalapala cares deeply about our Fremont community and schools. I am a resident of the Fremont community since 2003, so it has been a long relation to this community. I take pride in living in this community for so many years, and it has been a great bond. I am looking forward to work many more years to come. I would like to tell you that I am a Health IT Manager, and I perceived my Doctorate in Healthcare Leadership and Information Management from California University, Irvine. Earlier, I was the Vice President of Operations for the Open Shores Services Company. During this tenure, I trained many young graduates to learn the art of doing their jobs and getting new technical skills to get better in their professional careers.

I was quite satisfied with my job, but I wanted to contribute something to my community, so I started working as a classroom volunteer in my Kids’ School. I was involved in school PTA and worked in many roles such as President and Executive Vice President. I was enjoying this role to make some contribution, so I continued to get involved in more things. I helped students by teaching them after school math. A debate club was also started with the partnership of the Fremont Debate Academy (FDA). 

 I have worked in so many roles in my life and being a mentor, coach, educator, and mother, and I know the importance of education in our lives. Being an educationist, I understand entirely that policy decision has a direct impact on the overall progress and learning of students. As a school board trustee, I will pledge to work with parents, educators, administrators, support staff, and students to address our challenges and build on our strengths. Every student in FUSD deserves support and educational opportunities to empower them to pursue further education, enter the job market, and become engaged citizens and community members.