Christine Jefferson

Christine Jefferson is a lifelong resident of Sacramento and was raised in Del Paso Heights. Trustee Jefferson, her mother, father, and daughter graduated from Grant Union High School. Trustee Jefferson worked in the Audio-Visual Department in Grant Joint Union High School District/Twin Rivers Unified for 37 years. Trustee Jefferson retired from Twin Rivers Unified School District/Grant Joint Union High School District. Trustee Jefferson served as Chief Job Steward for her union. She was also one of two District mediators for classified and certificated employees.

Trustee Jefferson has spent many decades working and serving in the Del Paso Heights community. She served as secretary on the Grant Little League. She served two terms as a cheerleader coach to many students at Grant Union High School. She served on the UCAN Board helping to promote students going to college. Trustee Jefferson has also volunteered for over 20 years at the TLC Soup Kitchen helping to feed the community. Along with her husband, Trustee Jefferson helped to form the Del Paso Heights Community Association. She has been an advocate for a host of parents dealing with IEPs. Trustee Jefferson served alongside her husband as a volunteer chaplain at Folsom State Prison for two years. Trustee Jefferson is a photographer and is best known to her community as the “picture lady”—she has taken thousands of pictures and shared them for free with her community. Trustee Jefferson is very connected to her community. She is a community activist for civil rights and education.