Nashon T. Mitchell is running for the Antelope Valley Community College Governing Board Area 4 seat in the Nov. 3 California General Election.

The nonpartisan race also includes Michael R. Adams.

Mitchell, listed as a workforce development specialist on the LA County Registrar-Recorder candidate filing, said her campaign centers on student success. She describes herself as a returning adult student and mother who wants to bring that perspective to the board, according to her campaign Instagram account.

Candidate information

  • Party: Nonpartisan
  • Occupation: Workforce development specialist
  • Education: Bachelor of science in sociology, Cal Poly Pomona (according to Mitchell's nonprofit website)

Experience and public service

Mitchell says she is the founder and president of Sole of the CommUNITY, Inc., a nonprofit organization, according to the group's website. She also says she serves as an elected delegate for the Los Angeles Democratic Party in the 39th Assembly District and is a California Democratic Party Black Caucus member, according to the same site.

Mitchell describes herself as a former foster youth mentoring coordinator, according to her campaign Instagram account.

On the issues

Student support and college completion

Mitchell says students need complete degree and certificate pathways, career training, dependable counseling, childcare, transportation assistance, mental-health support and basic-needs resources closer to home. She frames these services as essential to helping students finish their degrees and certificates without leaving the region.

Her stated guiding question as a trustee would be: "How does this help our students succeed?" Her campaign slogan is "Students First. Success Always."

Mitchell did not detail specific funding mechanisms or implementation timelines for these proposals in the materials reviewed for this profile.

Candidate responses were drawn from Mitchell's campaign Instagram account and the Sole of the CommUNITY website. Statements attributed to Mitchell reflect her own claims and have not been independently verified unless otherwise noted. The Platinum Tribune did not interview Mitchell for this profile.