“Plaza Comunitaria: Empowering Communities One Voice at a Time”
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When Dana Valverde worked with immigrant adults in Santa Maria wanting to learn English, she noticed a pattern: many of them repeated the same non-credit English courses over and over with little success. Valverde, an academic counselor at Allan Hancock College, wondered why. She knew they wanted to learn — otherwise they wouldn’t devote evenings to classes in ESL (English as a Second Language) after long days of fieldwork. Valverde discovered that educational background, not motivation, was the obstacle.”
Casa Magazine – Friday, December 26, 2015