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Imperial County

FACESfor the Future

My experience attending the Impe-

rial Valley Mall Job Fair was sur-

prising and exciting as well. When

I arrived at the mall, it seemed as

there were hundreds of people out-

sideof the store waiting in line toenter. I couldn't help but feel nerv-

ous and intimidated. There were

people who looked so experienced

and I felt as I was the complete

opposite. This wholeexperience

was a first time overall. It was my

first time applying for my first job.

Once I walked through the sliding

doors, I knewI had to show the

confident and relentless side of me

that would notaccept anything

less than what I deserved.I would

just show them my true personal-

ity. The first table I applied forwas a store called Aeropostale.I

provided the managers with my

resume and references. Once eve-

rything wasfilled out andrevised,

they asked me a couple of ques-

tions and I was hired on the spot! I

was the first person to be hired at

the Imperial Valley Mall Job Fair

that day. It was an honorand huge

accomplishment. I am so proudof

myself because from that point on,

it was just a reminder of what Iam

capable of accomplishing and I

knowI will be successful no mat-ter where I go.

FACES students filling out jobapplications.

Julie Mosqueda - on the left, RodrigoCortez - in the back, Andres Arenas -far right . Way to go !!!

On November 13th, Martha Singh, Cal-SOAP Assistant Director at SDSU IV Campus, had a presentation for FACES studentswith information regarding College Applications for Fall 2014.

RODRIGO CORTEZ

MARLEM SARMIENTO & JULIE

MOSQUEDA WITH MARTHA SINGH

AMY DIAZ

KATRINA ESPARZA

AYDE LARAASHLEIGH BENAVIDEZ

LESLYGRIJALVA

&

DANIELACRUZ

Far left-Luis Pitones, middleState Assemblyman,

Manuel Perez, and Emily Mascarenas, far right

Madelynn Taberez at the IV Mall Youth Job Fair

on September, 26th. 2013.

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Iam grateful for HelinaHoyt formaking time to give a presentationto both FACES and CNAstudents. Iam also thankful to Southwest HighSchool for hosting the presentation.Listening to what Mrs. Hoyt had tosay about her career brought to meanew perspective towardsnursing. There are many

aspects that I personally didn t knowabout nursing. For example, the dif-ferent areas of specialization avail-able. Furthermore, I feel presenta-tions such as this one can be helpfulto expand ourhorizons, explore theopportunity to set our eyes onthedifferent areas of healthcare avail-able, or simply influence us to find

out if beinghealthcare provid-ers istruly a career we want to pur-sue.

friend Maria Skarlett Hernandez

and I had a wonderful time talk-

ing, and explaining to board

members of the Vesper Society

how important and valuable are

youth in the Imperial County and

the great amount of help IVROP

provide us through their wonderful

programs, such as Imperial

County Faces for the Future (ICFF)

and Training Opportunities for

Youth (TOY).

The wonderful experience at theVesper meeting held in Oakland,

CA was truly ground breaking and

amazing. For me, meeting with such

important people was incredible

and a blessing to represent not only

myself but IVROP programs as well.

The feedback that I received fromthe Vesper Society Board members

inspired me to speak my voice

even more. I engaged in the meet-

ing conversation to explain how

good of an education Im getting,

to how IVROP has helped, and

what do we need to improve as a

community. My partner and

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Helina Hoyt, Nursing Program Coordinator at SDSU IV campus, presented to FACES for the future participants in our monthly meeting on Oct., 2013.

Andres Arenas and Maria Hernandez, Class of

2014, and Dr. Magaa, founding director of the

FACES for the Future program. FACES scholars

presented to board members of the Vesper Soci-

ety in Oakland, CA on November, 9th 2013.

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