Tom Torlakson

California’s top educator, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, is a CSM alum and graduate of Westmoor High School.

He attended the college in 1968-69 and transferred to UC Berkeley where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees and a teaching credential.

Superintendent Torlakson served in the California Senate from 2000-08 and in the Assembly from 2009-2010.

He is a former high school teacher and coach and presently an adjunct faculty member at Los Medanos College.