How does one navigate college as a single mother with two kids? You build a program on campus that supports student parents.
2:18 – Growing up in Honduras
5:30 – Challenges in Highschool.
11:20 – Life-changing experiences at the PASO STEM program.
12:43 – The impact of the services of the TRIO program.
15:45 – Transferring to UC Irvine and not taking “no” for an answer.
17:19 – Creating an official support service for students with dependents at UC Irvine.
22:18 – Advice to students with children.
30:12 – Graduate school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the opportunity to support different student populations.
33:30 – Difficulties of looking for a counseling position.
34:51 – Biotech Bridge Training Academy – Become a biomanufacturing tech level one in 6 weeks.
36:45 – Other Workforce Training programs: manufacturing, bus operator, human resource assistant and paralegal academies.
Produced/Edited by Lisa Darrow
