During the summer of 2006, CSM began creating a series of student success stories.
Paul Haas
A husband and father, Paul Haas, 37, graduated from College of San Mateo with honors last spring with a nursing degree, a well-paying and secure job at a local hospital already secured and eminently prepared to pass the registered nurse licensing examination on his first try —all a tribute to his hard work and a highly regarded nursing program at the community college. Click here for the full story. *
Karina Orocio
The second in a series is about another outstanding student, Karina Orocio.
Orocio's goals have been fueled and guided by the hard-working example of her immigrant parents, who proudly supported the College of San Mateo graduate as a student leader while at CSM and as a speaker at the school’s graduation ceremony last spring.
And with pride, her parents, family, friends and many supporters at CSM shared Orocio’s joy when she was awarded a $20,000 scholarship to attend UC Santa Cruz this fall, applauding the 22-year-old on her road to becoming an immigration and civil rights attorney. Click here for the full story. *
Yan Yan Mao
The first is about 18-year-old Yan Yan Mao who, as a concurrent enrollment student, graduated from CSM with 70 college credits one week before graduating as a valedictorian from Hillsdale High School. The photographer and creative writer is attending Harvard University as a philosophy major this fall, with plans to attend medical school beyond that.
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