Frederick Orejudos, FACES Oakland alum Class of 2008, completed his Licensed Vocational Nurse program and is currently working as a licensed LVN Charge Nurse in Oakland, CA. He ultimately plans to become a Registered Nurse or a Physician’s Assistant. He was fortunate enough to be part of FACES once again as a Student Advisor intern… [Read More]

My name is Nelva Perales, Class of 2016 graduate from Hoover High School and FACES San Diego. I will be an upcoming freshman at University of California, Irvine this Fall 2016 where I aspire to major in microbiology. The FACES San Diego program helped me narrow and find the field in medicine that I want… [Read More]

“My name is Ali Akhmatov. I moved to the U.S. with the hopes of becoming a neurosurgeon. But before I could pursue that dream, I had to learn English during my first two years of high school. Right after, I became a FACES student. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve… [Read More]

Anali Velez, RN was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, a child of immigrant parents and a first generation college student. She was a member of the first FACES for the Future class in Hayward, CA.  Anali completed the FACES program in 2009 and continued onto Chabot College in Hayward where she completed the prerequisite classes… [Read More]

Allyson Galarte, FACES Imperial Valley Class of 2013, is approaching her fourth year at the University of California, Berkeley where she is majoring in Public Health. Allyson is currently working on a productivity project alongside the CFO and financial team of Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland. This opportunity was made available… [Read More]