Dreamer liason to be appointed
Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2019
Assembly bill 1645 signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom will require all California community colleges to designate a “DREAMer Resource Liaison” for undocumented students on campus. De Anza College already has existing services for undocumented students on campus, namely the Higher Education for AB 540 Stu...
Undocumented students face employment barriers at California community colleges
Kathleen Quinn and Ethan Bennett
November 14, 2019
Over a thousand students without Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival cannot get jobs on campus at De Anza College, due to state and federal regulations that prevent employers from hiring employees without documentation. U.S. Code 1324a, one of the regulations, prevents the hiring of persons who do no...
October 2019 News Briefs
Editorial Board
October 15, 2019
Session supports children held in detention centers Belinda Hernandez Arriaga, a professor at the University of San Francisco, will speak on Oct. 15 about the treatment of children in detention centers. She is joined by graduate students who are participating in a humanitarian mission for children i...
‘UndocuWelcome’ orientation holds workshops, outreach
Nathalia Moran, Staff Reporter
September 23, 2019
Undocumented students chanted, “We’re here and we’ve got this” at the De Anza College second annual “UndocuWelcome Orientation” on Sept. 12 and 13, in an indigenous blessing ceremony to respect the native land being stood on. Undocumented students and families were invited to participate i...
HEFAS workshop helps students make their resume stand out
Elsa Castro, Staff Reporter
June 15, 2019
The De Anza Higher Education for AB540 Students hosted a resume building workshop at the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action office on May 29. “Employees will only spend 30 seconds reading your resume,” said Helen Pang, career counselor at De Anza. “You have to make sure it stands ...
Series of Self Care activities show just how important self care is
Elsa Castro, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2019
Face masks, trips to the spa and bubble baths are all ways to practice self-care. But self-care comes in many other forms and Higher Education for AB 540 Students (HEFAS) created a space just for that at the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action (VIDA) Offices on Feb. 14. “I wanted to have an event where people could come in and have the creative space to paint a se...
