An Orange County native, Victoria launched her bi-coastal career as a 17-year-old college freshman for a Gannett newspaper in San Bernardino, eventually being promoted to features reporter upon graduating from college. She was a journalist for eight years, including one at the San Diego bureau of the Associated Press and a few in the community news section of the “Union-Tribune.” Victoria then pivoted to the advertorial side of the house, communications, for local entities of Marine Corps Community Services, Barnes & Noble, Catholic Charities, and the Girl Scouts.
For a decade, she helped implement community-based public policy and advocacy initiatives when she served on substance abuse prevention coalitions in several capacities: as a staff member in North County, a board member in North Carolina, and a communications associate for the coalitions’ national membership/training/advocacy association in Washington.
Victoria most recently worked as the education manager at the headquarters of the PsychArmor Institute in San Diego that partners with government, organizations, and businesses to develop e-learning products on mental health and employment for the nationwide military and veteran community.
But it was her position prior to that that really made things click for her, when she was blessed to work for political appointees of the Obama and Trump administrations in the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. The only problem with that job was that it wasn’t anywhere close to home, where her heart was. Victoria and her husband, a Marine Corps Veteran, and daughter, are proud to be back in Oceanside, their adopted hometown. She serves as the Chamber’s inaugural Workforce Development Coordinator, a position she envisions will embody nearly three decades of external relations experience to build the capacity of employers and skills of the workforce in our post-Pandemic connected community.
In Victoria’s spare time, she is a caregiver, scout leader, freelance writer, and pro bono consultant for a local non-profit that assists victims of trafficking and for a national veterans’ professional development non-profit. She is also a member of the Veterans Chamber of Commerce.
Please connect with Victoria at Victoria@OceansideChamber.com.
For a decade, she helped implement community-based public policy and advocacy initiatives when she served on substance abuse prevention coalitions in several capacities: as a staff member in North County, a board member in North Carolina, and a communications associate for the coalitions’ national membership/training/advocacy association in Washington.
Victoria most recently worked as the education manager at the headquarters of the PsychArmor Institute in San Diego that partners with government, organizations, and businesses to develop e-learning products on mental health and employment for the nationwide military and veteran community.
But it was her position prior to that that really made things click for her, when she was blessed to work for political appointees of the Obama and Trump administrations in the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. The only problem with that job was that it wasn’t anywhere close to home, where her heart was. Victoria and her husband, a Marine Corps Veteran, and daughter, are proud to be back in Oceanside, their adopted hometown. She serves as the Chamber’s inaugural Workforce Development Coordinator, a position she envisions will embody nearly three decades of external relations experience to build the capacity of employers and skills of the workforce in our post-Pandemic connected community.
In Victoria’s spare time, she is a caregiver, scout leader, freelance writer, and pro bono consultant for a local non-profit that assists victims of trafficking and for a national veterans’ professional development non-profit. She is also a member of the Veterans Chamber of Commerce.
Please connect with Victoria at Victoria@OceansideChamber.com.
