Student Services
Read to Succeed Final Event
April 18th, 2024 | 05:30 pm - 07:30 pm

End of Year Event


This spring, Read to Succeed will continue to focus on the late Judith Heumann’s Being Heumann, a story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism. The story recounts Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.
 

Read to Succeed 2023-2024 End of the Year Event on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Uhazy Hall 201 (in-person). Guest Speakers: Dr. Gretchen Metzenberg, DO, MPH, FAAP, Claudia N. Hernandez, MS GC, Carlos Rosas, MS, Dr. Louis Lucero, MA, Ed.D and Stacy A. Jeffers. Upon request five business days before the event, reasonable accommodation will be provided to facilitate the participation of covered individuals with disabilities. Call (661) 722-6360 (voice/relay). RSVP for Being Heumann by Judith Heumann Final Event.

Thursday, April 18 | 5:30-7:30 pm (Final Event)
  • Uhazy Hall 201
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Guest Speakers:

Dr. Gretchen Metzenberg, DO, MPH, FAAP
Assist. Professor, Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Claudia N. Hernandez, MS GC
Senior Patient Education Liaison
Sanofi Rare Disease

Dr. Louis Lucero, MA, Ed.D
Retired Director Office for Students with Disabilities at AVC

Carlos Rosas
MS Director of Office for Students with Disabilities at AVC

Stacy A. Jeffers
Current AVC Student

Discussions are 1 hour held via Zoom and are open to AVC Campus and the Community. For more information and to request a Zoom Invite, please email Osvaldo Larios-Perez or Dr. Morenike Adebayo-Ige.

Students should check with their professors for extra credit.

Faculty earns Std 1 FPD.