March 3, 1994


CATHERINE J. KISSEE-SANDOVAL NAMED SPECIAL AS   SISTANT
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS


       Catherine J. Kissee-Sandoval has been named as a Special Assistant in the FCC's
Office of International Communications.  Sandoval is currently working on the World
Telecommunications Development Conference to be held in Buenos Aires, March 21-29,1994.

       A native of Los Angeles, Kissee-Sandoval previously served as an associate with
Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, concentrating in business litigation.  She has also
served as president of the Board of Directors of Villa Malaga Housing Corporation, where she
managed all phases of development of a $2 million 25-unit HUD-funded housing complex in
East Los Angeles for persons with disabilities.  She was appointed to serve as a
Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Commission on Judicial Procedures and as a Co-
Chairperson of the California Insurance Commission's Anti-Discrimination Task Force,
Subcommittee on Rating and Underwriting.  Kissee-Sandoval also served as a law clerk to
Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

       Kissee-Sandoval graduated magna cum laude from Yale University where she majored
in Latin American Studies.  She was selected to represent California as a Rhodes Scholar at
Oxford University in Oxford, England where she earned a Master's degree in Politics.  She
was the first Hispanic woman ever to win a Rhodes Scholarship.  She also received a J.D.
from Stanford Law School where she was a member of the Stanford Law Review and the
Stanford Journal of International Law; Co-Chairperson of the Stanford Latino Law Students
Association; and Teacher and Co-Founder of a Parent Educational Leadership Project for
Spanish-Speaking Farm Workers.

       "Cathy's formal education and her experiences through both her employment and her
chosen community projects have given her a depth of experience in the international
community," said Chairman Reed Hundt.  "She brings to the Commission an enormous
understanding of the role technology can play in opening doors and borders for economic
growth, education and understanding."

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