
Being a student at ARC has allowed me the opportunity to become a Student Help in the Career and Pathways Support Services office. My major at ARC is General Science and my educational and career goal is to work in the Heath Administration field.

Liliana Plamadeala Student / General Science / CalWORKs / American River College "My goal is to work in the Heath Administration field." A couple fun facts about me: I am extremely goofy and currently my favorite book is called Battlefield Of The Mind by Joyce Meyers. My goals are to get my Masters in Divinity and PhD in Education so I can be a positive role model, political powerhouse, and youth pastor, as I have a gift for helping people navigate their purpose by turning their pain into passion.Īs an Achieve peer mentor, community intern for UNITE, and Vice President of Umoja I get to help and encourage students on a daily basis and implement the things I want to change within the education system, without waiting for my degree to solidify my destiny, which in turn allows me to be the change I wish to see. My main goals with political science and sociology are to greatly influence and enhance the education system, as I strive to make all campuses ones that are conducive and equitable for all students no matter what walk of life they are from. I graduated in spring 2019 with an AA in Social Science and plan to transfer to UC Davis in the fall to double major in Political Science: Public Service and Sociology: Law and Society. Grace Swint Student / Social Science / UNITE, Vice President of Umoja / American River College "I love that ARC has so many resources and as student help I truly enjoy my positions here on campus. However my most favored hobby is playing Xbox live. Aside from school I like to play soccer, work on motorcycles, and dance with friends and family - Salsa, Rumba, Timba, and Changui are just a few I was taught growing up. They make sure you have no excuses as to why you cannot demonstrate and produce excellence. It is by far the best community I've ever been involved in. Umoja Sakhu has shown me so many things I was convinced were impossible.
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I understand the frustrations some people experience of not quite understanding how to navigate campus or the website, so being a student employee gives me the ability to help from an active student point of view. I like to be the person who students can rely on to receive accurate information about the resources we have here at ARC. I get a kick out of helping people, so I'm extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to work here. My career goal is to become a counselor or a therapist. in Psychology here at ARC, transfer to obtain a B.A., then continue to receive a Masters degree, and become licensed as a therapist/counselor. Joaquin Holland Student / Psychology / Umoja Sakhu / American River College Paola gives you some final tips to make sure your lettering turns out exactly how you'd imagined."There is no excuse as to why you cannot demonstrate and produce excellence."

Wrap things up by discovering how to resize your design and transfer it to the desired chalkboard format. Next, Paola explains some of the visual cornerstones for distributing elements across your chalkboard and establishing hierarchies before teaching you some tricks for working with chalk and distorting the letters to fit different shapes.Īpply everything you've learned to your project sketch following a client brief. Use flourishes, flicks, and even illustrations to help get the most out of the space. Once you've defined your letters, gradually add the details and take your piece to the next level with shadows, volume, and color gradients. Paola also shows you the basic calligraphy rules to apply to your lettering. Then get straight to work creating the structures of your letters and learn to shape them focusing on proportion, weight, contrast, and angle. She talks about her influences and references, as well as the course content.ĭelve into the fundamentals of lettering to help you conceptualize your ideas. Start the course by getting to know a little more about Paola and her career as a graphic designer and lettering artist.
