Claudia Martinez-Pureco, a third-year Chico State student, won the 2016 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Martinez-Pureco, a concrete industry management major, was picked from students all over California by the Board of Trustees.
She is a first-generation college student from Michoacán, Mexico and she recognizes that Hispanics and women are too-often underrepresented.
Martinez-Pureco is able to pursue her education at Chico State because of The California Dream Act. She has enriched the university by becoming involved with industry conferences, volunteering as a student ambassador and peer educator.
For more information about Martinez-Pureco and the award click here.
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Don Honda // Sep 24, 2016 at 7:56 am
Is this what we can expect from DREAMers?:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sdut-ruben-navarrette-one-dreamers-missed-lesson-2015jun24-story.html
Ruben Navarrette: One Dreamer’s missed lesson in good character