Stockton School to Be Named After 1st Fil-Am Teacher in California

Flora Arca Mata

An elementary school in Stockton, California will be named after Flora Arca Mata, the first Filipino American to graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles and served as the first Filipina and woman of color to teach at the Stockton Unified School District where she taught for 32 years (See AsAm News for story).