September 7-10, 2019 – Long Beach, CA
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] Cynthia Ruiz grew up in Highland Park. She graduated from Cal State LA in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in Chicano Studies and rehabilitation counseling, and in 1980 with a master’s in rehabilitation counseling. “My parents divorced when I was...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] “I became fully aware of my college options because of Margie Garcia. She had such an electrifying college center at Baldwin Park High School. She had me apply to all the Cal States. Senior year, personal things started happening with...
Celina is the third in a family of four children. She struggled academically at Weston Ranch High School in Stockton, but has become a stellar student at Cal State LA. “I didn’t become aware of college until my senior year of high school. I didn’t think...
When I think of EOP, I think of registering for college my senior year in high school. I was in a program called Upward Bound which gave me a lot of support during my high school years. Being a first generation college student I knew...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='40' down='40'] The first memory that comes to mind is my first experience at Grad Forum at UC Merced. I will never forget how inspiring and welcoming the event was. It truly helped my get over a great fear of moving...
I started attending CSU, Stanislaus in fall of 2014. I came from a small town called Carpinteria, which is about 6 hours away from campus. As the first person in my family to attend college, I was very excited, but very scared because I was...
When I think of EOP, I always remember when I first arrived at the California State University Maritime Academy for orientation week and felt very isolated. A majority of the students at school don’t look like me, so during the first day of orientation week...
EOP has always been there to help me through my journey. Not only am I attending school as a student/student assistant, I also have a teenager and an adult child that I am supporting. EOP has and is helping me get my education and supporting...
I am so glad that EOP is a part of my higher education career. I am a third year social work major at CSU, Long Beach. my fondest memory so far of EOP is that they have been very instrumental in supporting my journey to...
Thinking about EOP, the story that comes to mind is the journey to success with many failures before success. The story contains more failures than successes because the failures build you as a person, preparing you to become a successful person. One accomplishment that signals...
