{"id":8873,"date":"2023-08-03T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-roar.net\/?p=8873"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:00:20","slug":"metas-summer-bridge-mints-80-new-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-roar.net\/?p=8873","title":{"rendered":"METAS Summer Bridge mints 80 new Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Oak Grove High School graduate Maddy Ybarra never wanted to attend college. But that changed this summer as she participated in the intensive six-week METAS Summer Bridge <\/a>program at San Jos\u00e9 City College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She enrolled in the Chicanx Cultural Studies class, one of three offered, which changed her perspective. \u201cI grew more as a person, and I can\u2019t wait to go further into my educational life,\u201d she said. Ybarra credits her instructor, Juan Gamboa, and the tutors and counselors in the Summer Bridge program for motivating her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s precisely the kind of result the METAS program aimed for this summer, and it found success in graduating 80 students from the program. The students will start their first semester at SJCC with friends and campus resources and services they can count on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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