Dear donors and supporters,
The month of March brought us a world class line up of speakers through the Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit co-hosted by The Hartnell College Agricultural Business & Technology Institute and The Western Growers Association. We are deeply grateful for the commitment of all of our speakers representing agricultural 
technology efforts in the Salinas Valley, several Latin American countries and around the world.
The Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit, held on Zoom this year, featured Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, as a keynote speaker. She talked about food safety compliance issues and how we in ag can be the “living laboratory” and the creators of innovative ideas to be exported around the world. How incredible is it to engage such a high caliber professional about all the great ways we can continue to push progress?
On the education front, Hartnell’s Making Accessible and Effective Systems for Teacher Readiness Outcomes (MAESTROs) and Teacher Pathway Programs (TPP) joined with the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) to present a virtual community spotlight on bilingual education. MCOE Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, Dr. Ernesto Vela, Ed.D. spoke on the importance of multilingual education, the history of bilingual education and teacher recruitment, and what’s at stake for academic development, student identity and access in a global economy.
And… we cannot forget the importance of the Arts, human expression, and culture. The Western Stage theatre company at Hartnell is making it work with an online “Forum Series,” featuring former Western Stage company members who have gone on to find success in the arts. These go on through May 2, and I encourage you to register HERE.
Thank you for your continuous support and engagement toward a brighter tomorrow!
Best regards,
Jackie Cruz
Vice President,
Advancement and Development
and Executive Director for the
Hartnell College Foundation
BEQUESTS MADE EASY!
Helping us with our charitable mission
Thank you for your generous support of Hartnell College and our charitable mission. Your gifts are an important and significant affirmation of your trust and lasting confidence in our educational institution. With your help, our work to support students will continue well into the future.
As someone who plans well and looks to the future, we would like to ask you to consider complementing your annual gifts with a long-term investment in our mission. You can increase the impact of your giving, and leave a lasting legacy, by including a testamentary gift, sometimes referred to as a bequest, to Hartnell College Foundation in your will or estate plan.
The benefit of a bequest is that it will not change your lifestyle. You can choose to leave cash, stock, real estate, a percentage of your IRA or your estate to Hartnell College Foundation in your will, while also continuing to control and use your assets. Should you choose to include us in your plans, your gift will make a lasting difference to those the Hartnell community.
If you need assistance with estate planning, we have resources that can help you and your attorney. Please do not hesitate to contact me at jcruz@hartnell.edu or (831)755-6810 with questions or to let me know how I can best serve you.
Thank you for your generous support of Hartnell College and our charitable mission. Your gifts are an important and significant affirmation of your trust and lasting confidence in our educational institution. With your help, our work to support students will continue well into the future.As someone who plans well and looks to the future, we would like to ask you to consider complementing your annual gifts with a long-term investment in our mission. You can increase the impact of your giving, and leave a lasting legacy, by including a testamentary gift, sometimes referred to as a bequest, to Hartnell College Foundation in your will or estate plan.
The benefit of a bequest is that it will not change your lifestyle. You can choose to leave cash, stock, real estate, a percentage of your IRA or your estate to Hartnell College Foundation in your will, while also continuing to control and use your assets. Should you choose to include us in your plans, your gift will make a lasting difference to those the Hartnell community.
If you need assistance with estate planning, we have resources that can help you and your attorney. Please do not hesitate to contact me at jcruz@hartnell.edu or (831)755-6810 with questions or to let me know how I can best serve you.
GIVING BACK
Alumnus funds scholarships for RCP
Edy Antonio, Jr. is living the life he hoped for as a 2018 Hartnell College graduate in respiratory therapy, and he has immediately sought to invest in other students like him.
Antonio works full-time at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and part-time at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH), and is a proud parent, along with his fiancé, to a 6-month-old son.
Despite these amazing accomplishments that have him looking toward the future, he also looks back to the next generation. This first-generation college student from Salinas has funded an annual scholarship program for other respiratory care students at Hartnell, having presented the first two $500 checks earlier this month.
“I had a lot of mentors growing up, and they said, ‘If you’re able to, the best thing you can do is always give back to those who have helped you get to where you are,’” Antonio said. “So that’s what I’m trying to do here, is give back to the program that got me to where I am, that got me to where I’m financially stable and happy with my career.”
Part of his motivation came from having noticed as a student that, while there were scholarships for allied health and nursing students, he saw none specifically designated for respiratory therapy.
Already, Antonio has set a goal to increase his scholarship giving in future years, including possibly expanding it to support 
students at other community colleges in the region with respiratory care programs. He’s even enlisted friends to support his efforts through a GoFundMe account.
To be considered for the Edy Antonio Future Respiratory Therapist Scholarship, students must be currently enrolled in the Hartnell Respiratory Care Program. They also are asked to submit a one-page statement explaining their career choice and how their own experiences working with hospitals and other clinical partners has widened their view of the profession.
The 2021 scholarship recipients, selected by Antonio, are first-year student Andrea Figueroa Pizano and second-year student Lizette Mota Ramirez.
Edy Antonio, Jr. is living the life he hoped for as a 2018 Hartnell College graduate in respiratory therapy, and he has immediately sought to invest in other students like him.
Antonio works full-time at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and part-time at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH), and is a proud parent, along with his fiancé, to a 6-month-old son.
Despite these amazing accomplishments that have him looking toward the future, he also looks back to the next generation. This first-generation college student from Salinas has funded an annual scholarship program for other respiratory care students at Hartnell, having presented the first two $500 checks earlier this month.
“I had a lot of mentors growing up, and they said, ‘If you’re able to, the best thing you can do is always give back to those who have helped you get to where you are,’” Antonio said. “So that’s what I’m trying to do here, is give back to the program that got me to where I am, that got me to where I’m financially stable and happy with my career.”
Part of his motivation came from having noticed as a student that, while there were scholarships for allied health and nursing students, he saw none specifically designated for respiratory therapy.
Already, Antonio has set a goal to increase his scholarship giving in future years, including possibly expanding it to support students at other community colleges in the region with respiratory care programs. He’s even enlisted friends to support his efforts through a GoFundMe account.
To be considered for the Edy Antonio Future Respiratory Therapist Scholarship, students must be currently enrolled in the Hartnell Respiratory Care Program. They also are asked to submit a one-page statement explaining their career choice and how their own experiences working with hospitals and other clinical partners has widened their view of the profession.
The 2021 scholarship recipients, selected by Antonio, are first-year student Andrea Figueroa Pizano and second-year student Lizette Mota Ramirez.