NAIDA OSLINE -- Up close

Angelique Flores

* WHEN DOES YOUR TERM EXPIRE? There is no ending date because the

position is appointed.

* FAMILY STATUS: I’m getting married this year.

* AGE: 43

* EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in art from Cal State Fullerton

* PAST OFFICES HELD: Director of Huntington Beach Art Center

* EXPLAIN YOUR JOB IN 15 WORDS OR LESS: Plan, develop, coordinate and

promote events on public property, including activities at Pier Plaza on

the Fourth of July.

* YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: Being in a position to support other

people’s ideas and creativity

* PERSONAL MOTTO: Things are often not what they seem.

* MOST HUMBLING MOMENT: The sudden death of two friends within two months

from car accidents.

* YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE: Clothes

* MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK YOU’VE READ: I could never choose just one.

* WHAT CASSETTE OR COMPACT DISC IS IN YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW? A not-very-new

copy of Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” and selections from “Global Divas”

* YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION: Books, art and photographs

* WHICH WORDS OR PHRASE DO YOU OVERUSE? “Whatever”

* WHAT CAN YOU COOK? Toast

* A HABIT YOU WISH YOU COULD CONTROL: Impatience

* THE COLLEGE MAJOR YOU ALMOST CHOSE: Theater and many others

* YOUR LAST CHARITABLE ACT: A donation to the Free Arthur Carmona Now

Legal Defense Fund

* AS A CHILD, WHAT DID SCHOOLMATES TEASE YOU ABOUT? Being a pudgy A

student

* WHAT IS IN YOUR CAR TRUNK RIGHT NOW? A sleeping bag and survival

supplies

* THE FIRST THING THAT ATTRACTED YOU TO YOUR PARTNER OR SPOUSE: We laugh

at the same things

* THE WORST IDEA YOU EVER HAD: That buying a fixer-upper would be fun and

romantic

* WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN VOTED IN HIGH SCHOOL: Most likely to follow my

own path

* WHO ARE YOUR HEROES? Average people who are transformed through

experience and courage

* FAVORITE ESCAPE FROM REALITY: Searching for and photographing people

who impersonated pop culture icons, and going to the movies

* ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD IF YOU COULD: That there

would be less fear of “the other,” whoever that may be, and fair, equal

health care for everyone as a basic human right

* YOUR IDEA OF EXERCISE: Running on the beach and dancing in the living

room

* WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE? I always have issues

with my hair.

* I HAVE A DREAM THAT: I win the lottery ... soon

* PHONE OR ADDRESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU: 2000 Main St., Huntington

Beach. (714) 374-5312.