Biography of Delecia HoltA Proven Conservative Businesswoman, Sociologist- Researcher, Intelligence Security and Statistical Analyst, Philanthropist, Author |  Delecia’s Grandmother struggled successfully along side others during the civil rights movement to register African-American voters and other minorities in the segregated South whom were being denied their civil rights. After increased violence in this part of the country which culminated with the assassination of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. her family relocated to Colorado.
Delecia worked to put herself through school, was married nearly 15 years and is raising her 8 yr. old daughter and 16 yr. old nephew. She is a small business owner, is a mortgage lender and real estate investor (she is a member and supporter of several Republican organizations (Lincoln Club, The Reagan Club, Presidential Round table Commission, 2005-present Member, Republican Presidential Task Force (Platinum), 2005-present Member, National Republican Senate and Congressional Committees, 2005-present Member, Republican National Committee, 2004-present), the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC), various community organizations such as Filipino American Caucus, Filipino American Law Enforcement Colalition, Ethiopan and Eritrean Communities, Japanese American Coalition, etc. As well as local, state and national real estate trade boards (e.g. MLS, D.R.E., C.A.R., N.A.R., W.C.R., Sandicor, etc.).
She has been in San Diego since 1983 and knows the communities well. As a small business owner she has employed 15-25 employees at any given time in her retail shops, restaurant, architectural firm, civil engineering (where she worked as a sub-contractor with the City of San Diego and CCDC to revitalize downtown San Diego, Mission Valley, Normal Heights, North Park, helped to develop most of North County and the Mira Mesa and Sorrento Mesa areas, she knows this County intimately).
As a Mother and owner of IPP Realty and Mortgage company ad several other small businesses, Delecia understands the needs that young people entering the work force, families, employees and business owners (large and small) are faced with everyday. Delecia feels a deep desire to serve our Country and give back to those identified as needing assistance, especially our children, military personnel, law enforcement, teachers, nurses, firemen, veterans and our aging population. She believed that becoming involved in the field of Sociology, through child and family counseling would afforded her the chance to do so.
A chance meeting in the Sociology department of San Diego State University changed her life forever. In June 1996, she completed her formal training as a Sociologist with an emphasis in Applied Research (statistical analysis) at San Diego State University, during which she was offered a position as a research interviewer at San Diego's Children's Hospital's Child and Family Research Center under the direction of renowned Researcher and Professor Dr. Richard Hough, where she worked for nearly two years on various bilingual projects such as the "Healthy Families Project" which began as a pilot study in Hawaii, and San Diego and after much proven success in the identification of children and families at risk of medical and physical neglect. She assisted with the data collection and program design for intervention programs. This pilot study soon flourished into what California now knows as the "Healthy Families and Healthy Kids" child abuse prevention and medical insurance programs.
During this time she also worked on various state and federal social research programs such as SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Study, the DHHS, (RTI) Research Triangle Institute, and many others. She worked on various Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) programs for Los Angeles County with the Veterans Administration (a member of AmeriCorps) as a substance abuse and mental health counselor for male and female homeless, veterans of foreign wars at the Long Beach V.A. Hospitals' K-2 Ward and the Villages at Cabrillo and for the Orange County Social Services Dept. where she ran an intervention program for substance abusing mothers whom had their children removed from their care due to AOD use or child neglect and or abuse. While working for Riverside County Dept. of Social Services (in the Research Dept.) she identified the heavy methamphetamine problem that county was dealing with and took the initiative to developed the TAFT program for Riverside County's Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) needs-based treatment intervention for parent's/caregiver's engagement program and study (parts of which are being implemented throughout the county today). The TAFT program was designed to be a unique partnership of public and private agencies and researchers addressing the urgent need for timely intervention with Parent(s)/Caregiver(s) affected by substance abuse, state and federal child welfare agencies, and Cal Works/TANF services.
Delecia's books include "Schizophrenia, Adolescent Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, and Violence-Is There A Correlation, Chocolate Covered Bananas, Chocolate Covered Adventures cookbook, Chocolate Covered Turkey, Chocolate Covered Christmas, Chocolate Covered Adventures-Tyco's Search For The Ark of the Covenant, A Return To You Getting The Strength You Need Now, Protecting Our children From Predators-, Leaving Abuse Behind, etc." She also has written numerous articles such as "Suicide-Who Has The Right To Label Your Behavior, Los Angeles Riots-A Collective Behavioral Approach - on the Los Angeles Riots and how collective behavior influences otherwise individual thinking persons, substance abuse and mental health treatment for mothers and other family members. (see Amazon.com)
She has addressed audiences in settings ranging from public and private research symposiums, state and federal agencies regarding intelligence security concerns, first responder strategies for cities, states and the nation, social security reform, MediCare reform, health care participation programs, welfare reform, veterans housing and medical care implementation programs and immigration and INS reform policies.
She is Founder of the "Treehouse Foundation", an educational support fund for schools in California whereby she ,other Realtors and mortgage lenders donate monies from the proceeds of a sale or purchase to their local schools to assist with teacher salaries, special programs, books and other educational materials for the classrooms, to create or retain theatre programs, music programs, art programs, literature- library books, science programs, purchase of computers, etc. for the schools and was Girl Scout Troop Leader for her daughter's troop. To date we have donated in excess of $65,000.00 since it's inception in September 2004.
In addition, she has worked for various government think tanks such as The Rand Corporation as a research interviewer on several research studies that asked the question how those that live in particular Los Angeles communities define their neighborhoods and how their individual definition impacts the choices they make in their everyday lives (e.g., where they choose to live, shop, levels of education obtained, medical access or lack there of, religious beliefs or philosophies, whom they choose to interact with; what races or genders they deem friendly, how they see themselves, how they see others, etc.). She had written a journal piece on The Los Angeles Riots and how collective behavior played a major role in the vigilante behavior exhibited by many involved in the riots and what they expressed as feelings of a sense of disenfranchisement. The previous study captured those feelings of isolationism and warned of such possible events if left untreated (this could be inferred to all communities throughout the United States of America, especially with what we have seen with the illegal immigration marhces throughout the Country).
Delecia believes that understanding the hearts and minds of those that wish to harm the people of the United States of America is key to detecting hostiles within our midst or abroad and preventing future hostile attacks against the people of America. As, hostile events that occur on foreign soil have a direct correlation with one another and with hostile attacks against the United States of America (e.g., terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens, 1979 terrorist attack of the Israeli and American athletes in Munich, 1980s terrorist attacks on American embassies and American allies, 1980s Iranian taking of American hostages, 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (and the captured Imam stating that although unsuccessful this time, they would be successful the next time), Mogadishu terrorist attack on U.S. peace keeping forces, 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and United flight 93, terrorist train bombing in Spain, Terrorist attacks in France, terrorist tube bombing in Britain, terrorist attacks in Jordan, etc.)).
"...No country lives in a vacuum; we are all affected by terrorism as we were all affected by the genocides carried out by the Nazis under Hitler's regime. Americans stood up to be counted then and Americans are standing up to be counted now!..." Delecia Holt, 50th District Congressional Candidate, April 10, 2006 |
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