During his career. the last 16 years of which have been spent in Monterey County. Dr. Melendez has served as a teacher in industrial education. adult education. and basic skills bilingual education. He has been a counselor in crisis and conflict management. And he has been an administrator in both junior and senior high school programs for bilingual and migrant education. Dr. Melendez is a past president of the Classroom Teachers Association. and he has been a consultant to the Monterey County Office of Education and to Hartnell Community College. and chairman of the elementary/secondary task force of the Presidents Commission on Foreign and International Study.