Saints of Santa Fe

Saint of Santa Fe | Lavonia Merrell

“While I was working on my bachelor’s in Health Services Administration, I took a diversity and inclusion class. That led me to make a commitment to be involved in diversity – promoting it and learning more about it. I set

Saint of Santa Fe | Chris Alford

“I started working retail right out of high school and worked my way up to management. When I left that store, I realized that I had the experience for a top position outside of retail. But without a degree, my

Saint of Santa Fe | Samantha Long

March 30, 2021 – “I’ve been interested in cars since I was a little girl. I was always excited to buy Hot Wheels. Whenever they had the “boys and girls” toys at McDonald’s, I always picked the Hot Wheels. There was a little collision shop

Saint of Santa Fe | Morticia Triplett

February 23, 2021 – I came to Santa Fe College from South Florida to get my CNA license. I’ve been in the nursing field on and off for 20 years and I currently work as a home health aide. I’m

Saint of Santa Fe | Norah Parks-Church

I heard about the Dual Enrollment program at Santa Fe from my friends at Gainesville High School. I thought it sounded interesting, so I looked into it more. I made the decision to go for it right after the coronavirus

Saint of Santa Fe | Steve Vutsinas

February 2, 2021 – “ I started as an intern with the Santa Fe Counseling Center when I was a student in the University of Florida’s Counselor Education program. I really like counseling and I really like working with college students.

Saint of Santa Fe | Elisabeth Eder

January 25, 2021 – “I decided to start a petition on campus last year to bring LGBTQ resources to the campus. I went around and asked students, ‘Hey, would you like to sign this petition to bring resources to the

Saint of Santa Fe | Andy Barnes

January 11, 2021 – I came to Santa Fe after graduating from Buchholz. I literally grew up just on the other side of what is now Meadowbrook Golf Course. So, proximity and ease of access was a big factor. Also,

Saint of Santa Fe | Sydnee King

November 30, 2020 – I taught my younger brother, he’s also homeschooled, up until this year. I help my parents teach him math, so that was kind of my job. My other younger brother, I have five brothers by the

Saint of Santa Fe | Derrick Jones, Ph.D.

November 16, 2020 – Police departments and sheriff departments, they should resemble the communities they serve. I joined the police department in 1996 in Baltimore, Maryland, and back then people were like, “you don’t join the police if you’re black!”

Saint of Santa Fe | Alejandro Cabrera

“I graduated high school in 2007 and while I liked school, I HATED math, so college wasn’t something I was looking into at all. I started my journey at Santa Fe College in 2011 and enrolled in remedial math (MAT0022

Ethics Bowl champ offers advice on civil discourse

“The feedback that I get most often when I’m talking to people who have very different political ideologies is that they miss having civil conversations. The professors at Santa Fe were the first that noticed me and took me under

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