Personal Life and Education
Lamar grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended San Leandro High School. He is a graduate of UC Davis, where he earned his B.A. Degree and M.A. Degree in Political Science and Linguistics. He taught as a lecturer of Linguistics at UC Davis and served the city of Davis on several municipal boards, including the City of Davis Recreation & Park Commission, Open Space Commission, and Finance & Budget Commission.
Lamar is the son of René and Yeap Nee Heystek. His father, René, was interned in a concentration camp with his family during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in World War II. In 1959, René Heystek settled in San Leandro, California, where President John F. Kennedy’s call to service inspired him to join the Peace Corps. On his mission to Malaysia, René Heystek met Yeap Nee Cheam, and they married in 1976. After returning from Malaysia, René began a career as a teacher in the Oakland Unified School District in 1977 and retired in 1999. This tradition of service inspired all three of his children to follow in his footsteps: Lamar Heystek’s siblings are United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Loretta Heystek and two-term San Leandro School Board Member Louis Heystek, his twin brother.
In 1997, Heystek became an active union member with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 588. He worked for Safeway until 2006, when he resigned to run for city council.
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