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…
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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 | 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…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Kane Ahern
Sept. 14, 2020 –– I’m a product of the foster system here in Gainesville. My parents were not well enough to take care of me. So, I was raised in this wonderful family. I credit a lot of my character,…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Colby Ross
I was born and raised in Ocala and before going into the service. I didn’t take academics seriously at all. I was a knucklehead, didn’t get the best of grades and was getting into trouble. Then, obviously, the military changed…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Jaime Truzman
I heard some friends in Venezuela talking about SF and I was really interested. As a U.S. citizen, diversity is very important to me. It’s what I love and what I’m passionate to talk about. We’re all humans. I know…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Jared Folds
As a child, my mom graduated from nursing school here at Santa Fe while I went to the Little School. The Little School was actually the last place where I received a diploma and walked. At…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Kat Serino
I moved here my junior year of high school because my father passed away and my mom was absent around the same time. I just didn’t have anywhere to go. So I moved here with my boyfriend because he had…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Admir Besovic
Coming here rejuvenated me. I’ve grown a lot as a player, and outside of the court, too. Santa Fe College has helped, especially the coaching staff and how they’ve pushed me. Going into my sophomore year I had a much…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Johnny Wiggs
Johnny Wiggs, Saint of Santa Fe College for March 25, 2019.I knew baseball was going to be my sport and my ticket. I didn’t dream about a bachelor’s and master’s degree. I always say, I couldn’t spell master’s degree; I…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Chacity Battles
I’m the first one from my family to study something after high school. My dad graduated high school, but I graduated high school and finished a program at college. I never expected to receive a scholarship for a construction program…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Julie Fournier
I’ve always wanted to be a basketball coach, so I took a look at what I was passionate about, and that’s basketball and psychology. The blog is kind of what the world needs right now. Psychology is an underdeveloped part…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Chad Caswell
My dad was the first person in his family to graduate high school, and he went on and became a dentist. He always explained to my three brothers and me how it made a big difference in his life; just…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Clarinda Choice
Representation matters. As a queer person of color I feel like my presence is so necessary, especially for students who look like me. Since coming to Santa Fe, I’ve fallen into my purpose. I’m very passionate about serving underrepresented students,…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Vivian Filer
I love Santa Fe College. Why do I love it so much? Because I am a product of Santa Fe College. The way I arrived was on the way less traveled. You see, I’m a product of the segregation era.…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Amha Tesfaye
One day I want to write policy papers, to write policy that actually makes a difference. I’m originally from Ethiopia—from the capital, Addis Ababa—so I was already interested in international development. But then I studied abroad in China. Seeing the…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Jenny Guardado
We had a business in Miami for 10 years, but it went into bankruptcy. I decided to go back to school to get my degree and get a better job. If I could not own my own business, I had…
Saints of Santa Fe College – James Albury
Humans have always searched for answers to the things in nature we encounter every day. We’ve asked questions like ‘What are the stars?’ or ‘How does the universe work?’ or ‘How did everything begin?’ and, ultimately, ‘What is our role…
Saints of Santa Fe College – Reji Woods
My drama teacher in high school told me I wasn’t talented enough to have a career in theater, to be an actor. ‘Don’t waste your time doing that.’ That’s what she told me. And I kind of believed her, so…