FIELD’S EPIC de Cesar Chavez 2023 Upcoming High School Graduations
FIELD Opens Helen Chavez Early Childhood Education Center in Tehachapi
Meet Vanessa Gutierrez: Director of Student Services for FIELD
Meet Gustavo Olvera: Giving Back as FIELD’s Director of Workforce Development
Meet Andres Lopez: Recycling Director Helps Channel Nex Gen’s Goals to Self Sufficiency
FIELD President and CEO David Villarino sits down with Jorge Contreras, Manager of Financing at NFF
FIELD Joins in Historic Partnership on Clean Water, Jobs and Economic Development for Desert Tribal, Farmworker Communities
FIELD Welcomes $8M in State Funding
Sponsor a Student & Empower Someone’s Life
Just listen to our students about what a difference a FIELD education and degree have made in their lives. Grace means a second chance at a better education, a better career, to be a better wife and mother to my…
You’re Invited: Holiday Toy and Clothing Giveaway
It’s the Season for Giving Back. We hope you can join FIELD and our community partners for our second annual Holiday Toy & Clothing Giveaway on Wednesday, Dec. 13 from 3-6 pm. Santa and his elves will be on hand to…
Meet Steve Watkins: Fire Program Manager Dedicated to Empowering FIELD’S Corpsmembers
By Kelly Hartog Steven Watkins comes to FIELD’s Fire Program following a 33-year career as a Battalion Chief for the Bureau of Land Management and as an Interagency Incident commander. After retiring from BLM, he joined FIELD in January 2023…
Univision Noticia – FIELD EPIC High School, Southern Region
Univision highlights our EPIC de Cesar Chavez Charter High School program in Cathedral City. Check it out and if you are in need of your high school diploma, visit our website to enroll today!
FIELD’S EPIC Charter High Schools Receive Healthy Meals Incentives Grant
BAKERSFIELD, CA: FIELD is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a $150,000 Healthy Meals Incentives grant from Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), to support its efforts to create kitchen facilities at its Union Avenue property, which will allow…
EPIC Schools Receive $100,000 Kitchen Equipment Grant for Union Avenue Site
By Kelly Hartog FIELD’s Epic High School for adults operates at over 22 sites in California with little to no kitchen equipment to feed its students or support its nutrition classes. But now, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the…
An Evening of Triumph and Accomplishment at Indio’s EPIC High School Graduation
By Kelly Hartog Cheered on by their friends and family, 15 proud adult students took the stage at FIELD’s EPIC de Cesar High School graduation in Coachella on June 14, where they were congratulated by keynote speaker, Indio Mayor, Oscar…
Bakersfield Celebrates as 46 EPIC High School Graduates Take the Stage
By Steve Virgen Photos By Joe Bergman Photography The 46 adult graduates of the EPIC de Cesar Chavez High School appeared nervous and excited as they waited to enter the Bakersfield College indoor theater on the evening of Saturday, June…
FIELD and Kern County Fire Department Sign MOU Three Years in the Making
Si Se Puede! FIELD is thrilled to announce that on June 14 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was finally signed between FIELD and the Kern County Fire Department (KCFD). FIELD’S CTE Fire Manager Steve Watkins was instrumental in finalizing the…
FIELD’S EPIC de Cesar Chavez 2023 Upcoming High School Graduations
FIELD is excited to join with close to 150 graduates across the state this June to celebrate them receiving their well-deserved high school diplomas. Ceremonies will be held at the following times and places: Wednesday, June 14 – IndioCeremony: 6…
FIELD Opens Helen Chavez Early Childhood Education Center in Tehachapi
By Christopher Blood FIELD unveiled its brand-new Helen Chavez Early Childhood Education Center in Tehachapi on Wednesday, April 26. The turnout was excellent and included FIELD leadership, Tehachapi ECE Center teachers and staff, parents and children, elected officials and Chamber…
Meet Vanessa Gutierrez: Director of Student Services for FIELD
By Kelly Hartog The Farmworkers Institute of Education and Leadership Development (FIELD) prides itself on its free WASC accredited charter high school program — the EPIC de Cesar Chavez High School, which allows adults to earn their high school diplomas. Over…
Meet Gustavo Olvera: Giving Back as FIELD’s Director of Workforce Development
Workforce Development Director talks about his job training program designed to give young adults a leg up As a police officer, Gustavo Olvera spent 20 years trying to put people behind bars. Now he does what he can to keep…
Meet Andres Lopez: Recycling Director Helps Channel Nex Gen’s Goals to Self Sufficiency
Recycling Director talks about FIELD’s program designed to improve the environment and the lives of young adults in underserved communities Seventeen years ago, all Andres Lopez knew about recycling was that he could return bottles for five cents a pop….
FIELD President and CEO David Villarino sits down with Jorge Contreras, Manager of Financing at NFF
Cesar’s goal when he founded FIELD was to inspire California’s rural workforce to gain self-sufficiency through employee-owned enterprises. “When we talk about self-sufficiency, what we’re really talking about is rural communities – immigrant communities – prospering both economically and socially,”…