Barbara brings bring her vast experience as Deputy and Principal Deputy City Attorney for the City of Long Beach; Associate Attorney, at Evans, Dalbey and Cummings; owner of ProClaim, a Claims Examiner Workers’ Compensation Claims Administration Firm and as a teacher for Long Beach City College.. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and received her B.A. in Spanish with a minor in PoliSci at Purdue University. Barbara received her M.A. in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin and her J.D. at Western State University, Fullerton.