Candice Aquino is the California Regional Volunteer Coordinator for Region II, based out of the Bay Area. As the Region II Volunteer Coordinator she works with food banks and community partners in the Bay Area and North Coast region to address staffing and resource shortages through the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining the California Volunteers team she worked as the Program Manager for the Tom Steyer 2020 campaign, where her experience working in public service guided her work with the political surrogate program. As a former Recreation Coordinator with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department at Camp Mather, Candice was part of a team that worked to expand access to safe, affordable recreation programming for San Francisco families. Her passion for service developed through her work as a Constituent Representative, and later as the Field Director for the Bay Area, in Senator Barbara Boxer's Oakland Office. Candice brings her experience working with federal and local agencies to the important mission of serving California residents.