Perla Cantu, FACES Oakland Class of 2006, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in General Biology from Mills College in 2010. Following graduation, Perla has been employed as a Ward Clerk at Children’s Hospital Oakland, where she was first introduced as a FACES student scholar and now maintains contact with her former FACES mentors (occasionally… [Read More]

Angelica Nuño, FACES Class of 2005, graduated from U.C. Davis in 2010 with a B.S. in Human Development. For the past few years, Angelica has been working as a Unit Assistant at St. Rose Hospital Emergency Department in Hayward, CA. and as a Reproductive Health Specialist at Planned Parenthood. Angelica is preparing for a career… [Read More]

Mariano Macedon graduated from the FACES program in 2008.  He then graduated from UCLA with a BS in Biology. Mariano completed the Bay EMT/Reach Rescue program where he received the award for class valedictorian, and then graduated from the BAYEMT and Merritt College FireFighter Academy in Oakland. Mariano currently works as a firefighter/EMT with the… [Read More]

Stacy Nguyen Carre, a FACES San Diego Class of 2013 graduate, completed her Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy. Stacy is looking forward to pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree in Healthcare Management/Administration. She then hopes to pursue a Physician’s Assistant graduate degree in the future. After completing her rotations at Rady Children’s Hospital, Stacy decided… [Read More]

Maria Segura, CMI-Spanish, graduated from FACES Oakland in 2004. Maria shares that her life journey after high school was not an easy one, struggling with the tremendous obstacles that her immigration and low income status created for her. She soon understood that these obstacles were not going to allow her the college journey that she… [Read More]