IMMEDIATE
FORTY-THREE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM
HEP AT ABAC
TIFTON—Forty-three
students recently completed the requirements for graduation from the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at
HEP is an educational program
designed to help students from migrant or seasonal farm worker backgrounds
obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma so that they can gain employment
or apply to an institution of higher
education or vocational training.
The program, which is beginning its fourth
year at ABAC, is funded by a five-year federal grant. ABAC’s program is the first
one in the state of
The students and their hometowns are
as follows:
Yesenia Balderas
ANDERSONVILLE
Christina Florinda Farias
BAXLEY
Elmer Ampuero
Maria Nicolasa
Arreguin
Angel Alfonso Martinez
Angelica
Nestor Alejandro Martinez
Abisai Rodriguez
Carlos Varas
CLERMONT
Jesus Rivera
DOUGLAS
Iraida Blanca Vickers
ELLAVILLE
Victoria Reyes
ELLENTON
Luz Maria Abundiz-Silva
FITZGERALD
Ana Becerra
Rafael Camacho
GAINESVILLE
Jesus Cerezo, Jr.
Mauricio Cerezo
HAZLEHURST
Marisol Zarraga
LYONS
Vanessa Solorzano
Araceli Trujillo-Maldonado
MOULTRIE
Betty Jo Gonzalez
MT. VERNON
Jose Luis Ceja-Martinez
NORCROSS
Tomas Preza
OMEGA
Jorge De La Paz
Alejandra Diaz
Julian Hernandez
PEARSON
Francisco J. Acosta-Hernandez
Jose Luis Basilio
Roberto Corona
Alejandro Mondragon Marquez
Armando Perez
PERRY
Diana Garcia Gonzalez
TIFTON
Jesus Bautista
Leticia Castaneda
Maria Diaz
Jessica Ramirez
VALDOSTA
Rosa Maria Araiza
Alvaro Leyva
Cristina Velasquez
Candi Waters
WARNER ROBINS
Santiago Jara
WILLACOOCHEE
Miguel Contreras
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