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“All students, regardless of their immigration status, are welcome in California’s 115 community colleges,” Oakley said. “We encourage students and prospective students to continue to apply for the financial aid that they may be eligible to receive and to pursue their educational goals at community college.”
The state Chancellor’s Office has received a number of inquiries regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s changes, set to go into effect Oct. 15, to the “public charge” rules governing a person’s admissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A Chancellor’s Office legal advisory distributed to the system’s colleges notes that the department’s final rules include definitions of “public charge” and “public benefit” that significantly expand the impact of the public charge test, but do not reach educational benefits.
The advisory further notes that the department has stated, “Pell grants and student aid programs will not be considered in the public charge inadmissibility determination.”
Financial aid information, including information for undocumented students, is available at http://icanaffordcollege.com in English, Spanish and Chinese.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation, composed of 73 districts and 115 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year.
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Katelind Brown of Kelseyville High School will be attending Mendocino College to study fire science and Patricia McCleery of Lower Lake High School will be selecting a school to study cosmetology and looks forward to becoming an aesthetician.
The Lakeport Women’s Civic Club held its last meeting of the year on June 7, with the installation of new officers for the upcoming year.
The new officers will be President Julie Hernaez, President-Elect Helen Finch, Vice President Gail Robello, Treasurer Audrey Powers, Recording Secretary Debbie Strickler, Financial Secretary Connie Conser, Corresponding Secretary Betty Martin, Parliamentarian Sandi Miller, Auditor Carol Jordan, Facility Coordinator Cheryl Robbins, Ways and Means Toni Stewart and Membership Mary Lee Hawkins.
Their first meeting of the new season will be held on Friday, Sept. 6, at Riviera Hills Country Club Restaurant.
If you have some time and energy that you would like to spend making a difference in your community, then you should join this very friendly and enthusiastic group of women as they gather at 11 a.m. for a meeting which begins at 11:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month except July and August. Lunch is only $15 and is always amazing.
Membership in the Lakeport Women’s Civic Club is by invitation only.
If you are interested, or for more information regarding membership, please call Julie Hernaez at 707-279-2625.
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This free hands-on workshop is a special opportunity that will allow participants to contribute smaller pieces to a large outdoor artwork installation that will be hung at Mendocino College during the Phoenix Project events.
The Phoenix Project is a multi-disciplined series of events that have been designed to recognize the devastation of the 2017 fires and how the community is moving forward in the face of a changing climate and environment.
Workshops will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 7 and 8, and Oct. 5 and 6 in the CVPA building at the Mendocino College Ukiah Campus.
The Mendocino College Ukiah campus is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
For more information and to register for the workshop please email
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Yadira Mora-Negrete completed two certificates in the spring of 2019 in both culinary arts and baking at the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College.
Mora-Negrete received Student of the Semester twice from the Culinary Arts Department with a 4.0 G.P.A. and perfect attendance.
She said the program is, “Excellent, Excellent! It opens many doors to success.”
Her favorite class was CUL 72, Introduction to Purchasing, because “it taught me how to manage my whole business.”
Mora-Negrete and her husband, Humberto, opened Tortillerilla La Unica, at 16250 Main Street, Lower Lake on Dec. 18, 2018. They serve organic, fresh tortillas, chips and other products. They will open a Mexican Restaurant next to La Unica at the end of this year.
In addition to going to school and running a small business, Mora-Negrete manages her household. “I work seven days a week,” she remarked, “It’s a lot of work, but I like to stay active.”
The journey to success had simple, hard beginnings.
Mora-Negrete was three months pregnant with her daughter, Itzel, when she and her husband moved from Michoacán, Mexico, to Lake County in 1999.
She picked walnuts in the orchards. Obtaining residency in the U.S. took nearly 10 years, three of which she was forced to go back to Mexico.
“The process was so long,” she said. “The hardest part was being so far away from my family.”
Itzel and Humberto Jr. would spend half the year in Lake County with dad and the other half in Mexico with Mom.
Soon after the family reunited, Mora-Negrete began English as a Second Language classes at the Lake County Campus. “It is not easy to learn English. I have many troubles,” she said, “but I try learning every day.”
Upon the consistent suggestion of her instructors, Lily Woll and Peggy Alexander, Mora-Negrete received her high school equivalency by taking the HiSet exams.
“Peggy told me, ‘You are ready to go to college,” but I told her ‘No, no, I am not ready.’ But she pushed me to keep going,” Mora-Negrete said.
Support from faculty toward students is one of the reasons why Lake County Campus is a great place to learn.
Itzel also cheered, “You are very smart. You can do it, mommy!” Itzel will be graduating from Sonoma State University with a business management and Spanish degree ahead of schedule because she completed courses at Woodland Community College while attending Lower Lake High School.
“So I did it and here I am,” Mora-Negrete said. “I would not be here without Peggy and my family encouraging me to keep going.”
“I am impressed by Yadira’s food preparation in the Aromas Restaurant kitchen, but her written assignments impress me most,” said Mora-Negrete’s instructor in the Culinary Arts Department, Chef Robert Cabreros.
“My business would not be a success without the knowledge and access to resources I received at Woodland Community College,” said Mora-Negrete.
Moving forward, Mora-Negrete begins her journey to completing an Associate of Arts Degree in Culinary Arts on Monday, Aug. 19.
She looks forward to sharing her favorite dish, Enchiladas Michoacanas, at her family’s upcoming Mexican restaurant in Lower Lake.
Lake County Campus, located at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake, has been providing quality education to the residents of the south Lake County area for over 47 years.
For more information about Lake County Campus, please visit the website at http://lcc.yccd.edu .