Biography
Sabrina Bazzo is a dedicated mom, wife and community leader. She has served as a public health educator in San Diego for almost 30 years. Sabrina was elected on to the San Diego Unified School Board in November 2020. Sabrina also serves on the Board's Audit and Finance Committee to ensure funding is being used responsibly. She also became a board member in January, 2022 on the Visual and Performing Arts Foundation in order to support high quality arts education for all students. In addition, she recently became a delegate for the California School Board Association.
Both of her daughters went to public school in Mira Mesa from K-12. She and her husband have been active volunteers from the classroom to the athletic field for the past 20 years. Sabrina began as a room mom in her daughter’s kindergarten class in 2002 at Sandburg Elementary. She went on to serve as PTA President, chairing many school events, helping with fund raising, boosting PTA membership and recruiting new volunteers. She then became PTSA President at Challenger Middle School. Over the years Sabrina has served on Student Site Council and Student Governance Boards at the grade school, middle school and high school. These committees are responsible for working with teaching, support and administrative staff to make decisions regarding budget, student curriculum and school guidelines. She has also participated on principal hiring selection committees at both Challenger Middle School and Mira Mesa High School. In addition Sabrina has served as team parent for AYSO soccer and the high school soccer and swim teams. Additionally, she volunteered and raised funds for MMHS Cheer during the time her daughter was actively on the team and was also an officially trained Girl Scout ‘Camping’ Mom for her youngest daughter’s troop for several years.
At Mira Mesa High School Sabrina served as Mira Mesa High School Foundation President for 6 years, from 2012-2018. In addition, she was also the Committee Chair for the Annual "Taste of Mira Mesa" (TOMM) during this same time frame. Taste of Mira Mesa is a community wide fund raiser for K-12 Mira Mesa Schools and one of the largest of its kind in San Diego. When her youngest daughter graduated from MMHS in 2018 Sabrina stayed on the Foundation Board of Directors but transitioned roles to that of Community Liaison. She continues to annually participate on the scholarship committee to award funds to graduating high school seniors pursuing higher education. She was also President of the Parent Booster Organization from 2014-2018 helping to raise thousands of dollars for Class of 2018 senior year activities.
Sabrina has been active in her community as well, serving on the Mira Mesa Town Council Board for several years. In 2016 she was recognized by this organization for her many efforts as Mira Mesa Volunteer of the Year.
Sabrina earned a Master of Arts in Public Health (M.P.H.) from San Diego State University and currently serves as executive administrator for San Diego Academy of Family Physicians, a non-profit medical society. In this role Sabrina works with healthcare leaders from across San Diego to provide quality medical education for Family Medicine Physicians in order to ensure better quality patient care.
Sabrina’s hard work and dedication both as a volunteer as well as in her professional career reflects her sincere interest in the whole child approach to education in order to help young people further themselves and their communities.