Susan Pascal, Patch Staff

Email: susan.pascal@patch.com

Phone: 818-294-1561

Hometown: Montauk, N.Y.

Birthday: Jan. 15

An award-winning journalist, Pascal has written for both print and broadcast media in Los Angeles and New York. In addition to being a contributor to Patchs since October 2010, Pascal wrote a column for Examiner.com and hosted The Athena Fortune Show for BlogTalkRadio.

She is also a 15-year veteran of the motion picture industry, having headed the production publicity units on major Hollywood studio movies. Some of her films include the new "The Karate Kid," "The Fugitive," "Seven" and "My Cousin Vinny."  More recently she wrote the press kits for the upcoming features "The Apparition," "Crazy Stupid Love," and "Wanderlust."

Pascal hails from New York and graduated from New York University with a B.F.A. degree.

She currently resides in Agoura Hills with husband David and children–Jacob and Mia Rose.

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Politics

I am a registered democrat, and I would say my views are middle of the road, taking a liberal stance on some issues and conservative on the other.

Religion

I am more about sticking to sound values and morals.

Local Hot Button Issues

As the mother of two children, I am most concerned about the budget crisis facing our schools. I think that this issue is utmost on the minds of most people in this community. We are facing teacher lay-offs and program cuts on all levels of education.

We have a strong and caring community, and I would like to believe that we will weather this storm and be able to maintain the high level of education that is well-known to the Las Virgenes School District.