Students Respond Positively To Flexible Class Schedules; Current FIELD Leadership Prepares For November WASC Committee Visit Farmworkers Institute of Education and Leadership Development (FIELD) is pleased to report a 32% increase in its EPIC Adult High School enrollment this year, with over 720 students currently enrolled. EPIC Adult High School has graduated over 1,500 students,…
Raised just outside Bakersfield in the small agricultural town of Wasco, Beti Tapia was familiar with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers as a child. The mother of two adult children now works as FIELD’s Student Services Manager, overseeing the nonprofit’s education services, such as the adult high school diploma and ESL programs. Beti…
Mondragon is one of the world’s best-known worker-owned co-ops. Started by five engineers committed to empowering their workers, the Mondragon experiment now boasts 80,000 workers across 240 businesses and 110 cooperatives working in a profitable and democratic environment created by and for the workers in a collective enterprise. Recently President & CEO David Villarino and a key…
Tamar Asatryan has worked in various positions in FIELD leadership for the past eight years, and now heads up the organization’s Strategic Initiatives. After receiving her Doctorate in Education from California State University-Fresno, Tamar brought her academic knowledge and teaching experience to FIELD, where she has made a difference in the lives of its students. …
Apr. 22, 2024 – FIELD is happy to announce that Chief Executive Officer David Villarino is taking a six-month research sabbatical to help the organization realize its mission. The sabbatical will take effect immediately. “After 24 years of steadfast devotion as FIELD’s Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors has approved my request for a…
FIELD Announces $5 Million Partnership with Cadiz Ranch Our President/CEO David Villarino-González shares how he envisions a day when rural communities can have clean drinking water and when crops can thrive through droughts or wet seasons.”Cadiz Ranch and the Farmworkers Institute of Education & Leadership Development (FIELD)_ announced Thursday a $5 million partnership to set…
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KGET Channel 17 – David Villarino, FIELD’s President/CEO talks with Ilyana Capellan about new programs at FIELD and the kickoff to their #GivingTuesday campaign.
FIELD October – November Newsletter is out!Click here to read Read it here: