The Palacio Podcast
Regina Cash Just Wants to Help: One Cause and One Person at a Time
Regina Cash has education in her blood. Cash is the Director of Academic and Professional Programs at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), College of Continuing and Professional Education. She oversees all the degree and professional development programs for the college. The programs are for returning adult students who want to pursue tune-ups to their careers or even begin new ones. This dedication to education came early for Regina Cash, a native-born Long Beach resident. She remembers an incident when she was only three years old where her parents were discussing a neighbor who had commented on the family’s arrival in the neighborhood,
“Well, they’re moving in. There goes the neighborhood.”
Her father is a three-war veteran who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and Filipino and Japanese-American and her mother is blended German-Filipino-Native American. That memory stuck and motivated Regina Cash to want to go on and help people.
“I didn’t know to what capacity, social worker, teacher, I didn’t know. I just knew that I would be a helper.”
As she grew older, that motivation to help would be shaped by an older brother who was in education. Then, during her first year at Long Beach City College, Regina Cash took a job as a teacher’s aide in the Long Beach Unified School District.
“And I kind of got bit by the education bug.”
Regina Cash
PalacioMagazine.com interviewed Cash in her office at CSULB about her parents, her dedication to education and serving the Long Beach community, her celebrity husband Aaron Cash, and her time as Mrs. Long Beach (It’s not what you think).
More on Regina Cash
From her official biography
Regina Cash is a Long Beach native and a proud daughter of a three-war veteran who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. She is married to Aaron Cash and together they have three beautiful daughters and four rambunctious rescue puppies.
Ms. Cash is the Director of Academic and Professional Programs for the College of Continuing and Professional Education at California State University, Long Beach. She oversees all the degree and professional development programs for the college. Additionally, she has over 20+ years in the area of education, training and workforce development with previous employment with the Long Beach Unified School District and Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
Ms. Cash is a Long Beach City Commissioner and sits on the board of the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PGWIN). She holds an undergraduate degree in Human Services, a mediation certificate, a graduate degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding and is currently earning a Doctorate in Education with a focus in higher education and adult learning.
She is an active volunteer. Some current activities include:
- Long Beach Police Department recruit interviewer since 2000
- Samaritan House/Rescue Mission kitchen volunteer
- GET SAFE Volunteer safety awareness and prevention educator for the differently abled population
- Board Member, Long Beach Career Linked Learning – LBCaLL
2017 Awards
- LBUSD Inspiration Award for “Outstanding Contributions and Service to our Students and Community”
- City of LB Certificate of Recognition for “Distinguished achievements and your leadership, devotion, and extensive service to our community”.
- Long Beach AIDS Food Store – Humanitarian Award
Previous Awards
- Mrs. California United States “Civic Award for Community Service”
- LB Giving Project “Cindy Engoy Award”
- LA Trade Tech Community College “Community Service Award”
Ms. Cash was crowned Mrs. Long Beach in 2015 through Justin Rudd’s nonprofit, Community Action Team. This title has allowed her even more opportunities to be of service to her community. But before being crowned Mrs. Long Beach, Ms. Cash described herself as a silent servant; quietly volunteering for and being of service to causes that positively impact the lives of people, animals and the community in which she lives.
