Salvador (Sal) Montana has been a GSHA-SC member since January 2021. He is recently retired and a military veteran. Sal grew up in the Boyle Heights Neighborhood of Los Angeles and his roots are in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. He possesses a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin; a MSW from Fresno State University and a B. S. in Political Science form the University of California in Santa Barbara. Sal taught for over twenty years at Fresno State University in the Department of Social Work Education before he retired. He currently serves on the Board of GSHA Southern California Chapter and on GSHA National Board as the member-at-large representative for the Southern California Chapter. 

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