Michele Martinez to deliver keynote speech at Everest College graduation

On Sept. 21, Everest College Santa Ana will hold its first graduation ceremony at the Grove in Santa Ana at 6 p.m.

Santa Ana City Councilman Michele Martinez will be the keynote speaker.  Martinez, a candidate for the 69th Assembly District seat, will address the more than 100 students graduating with diplomas in medical assisting, medical admin assisting, pharmacy tech, massage therapy, medical insurance billing and coding.

Medical assistant graduate Ashley Diaz De Leon will be receiving a dream award. She is chair of the ambassador program, a mom, and stellar student

Graduates have been able to line up jobs at UCI Medical Center, Massage Envy, as well as individual clinics.

Everest College – Santa Ana provides training for careers in massage therapy, medical administrative assistant, medical assistant, medical insurance billing and coding, and pharmacy technician. Everest College has 12 campuses in the Southern California area and more than 100 schools in the U.S. and Canada offering career-oriented diploma and degree programs in healthcare, criminal justice, skilled trades, business, paralegal, and information technology. For more information, visit www.everest.edu.  Click here to see Everest College’s Santa Ana Facebook page.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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