“I moved to Los Angeles a year after graduating because I really wanted to work in film and TV. I had worked commercially and educationally at UF and in Tampa but had a sole interest in narrative storytelling that I…
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Saint of SF | August Herrmann
“I took a tour of Lively Technical Institute in Tallahassee when I was a freshman in high school and got excited about a welding education. For my senior year in high school I was in the High School Dual Enrollment…
Saint of SF | Yan Carlos Pacheco
How has SF transformed your life? SF enabled me to get to where I am in life today. It helped me not be afraid to reach out to professors who are there to help. It made college accessible and attainable…
Saint of SF | Jeremiah Neal
“In my previous profession as a facilities and maintenance technician with Trinity Methodist Church, I often found myself coordinating service calls and troubleshooting air conditioning units prior to the arrival of the HVAC. I enjoyed the process of troubleshooting the…
Saint of SF | Tyler Giambalvo
“Santa Fe College has transformed my life in numerous ways. As a first-year student, I initially started out on an Associate of Arts, Sports Management degree track. The campus was closed, and I had to adjust to distance learning through…
Saint of SF | Maria Victoria Camacho
“I moved to Gainesville in 2017 after a lot of months of protests back home in Venezuela. I decided to study Journalism after seeing all the repression and censorship in my country. Some classes in Santa Fe College, like ENC1102 taught the passion of writing and how…
Saint of Santa Fe | Radha Gomez Q&A
Featured Saint of SF Radha Gomez, current SF student pursuing an Associate in Science in Biotech Lab Technology, sits down with us to answer a few questions about her experiences and reasons for choosing SF. If there was one question…
Saint of Santa Fe | John Bescoro
“Growing up, I always wanted to go to college because it is something that not a lot of people in the Philippines can do and I always valued education. I moved to Newberry when I was 10 years old. Transitioning…
Saint of Santa Fe | Victoria Coggins
“Santa Fe College has enabled me to change the entire trajectory of my life. Statistically, with the recidivism rate, I would have returned to drugs and a life of crime. I remember the day I was in the advisor’s office…
Saint of Santa Fe | Dominic Perry
Dominic Perry, A.S. Computer Information Technology, Class of 2021 Hometown: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Clubs: IT Club, Collegiate Veteran Society Recipient of the 2018 Veteran Bridge Scholarship and the Board of Trustees Scholarship “In previous jobs that lacked onsite…
Saint of SF | Ismelda Alvarez
Growing up in a small agricultural town with only one caution light and a large population of farm workers, I watched many in the fields pick fruit and vegetables in harsh conditions. In addition, racism and discrimination were prevalent and…
Saint of Santa Fe | Macayla Barnett
“I decided at a young age I wanted to help people. When I was eleven years old, I witnessed something that was not great, I stood there and I was frozen. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know…
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 | 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…