Environmental Coordinator: Water Conservation Opportunities
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Elizabeth Sarmiento is from Honduras and works as a project manager with Valley Verde, a non profit company based in San Jose. The company provides gardens and supplies to low income families, and Elizabeth and her colleagues teach the families about nutrition and growing their own food in a way that yields healthy food while having minimal impact on the environment. Elizabeth describes her journey working odd jobs and attending evening classes to learn English. She transferred to Foothill College and joined the ESL program, eventually moving to De Anza College to study in the Environmental Studies Department. She describes all the different employment options in the environmental studies field. For example, she talks about opportunities in water conservation and water resource management and in landscaping which is a huge field in itself. There is also the option to become an educator in any of these fields. Elizabeth emphasizes that almost any job can promote sustainability and awareness of environmental impact. Work Voices is a project developed in partnership with a cohort of colleges and adult schools in Silicon Valley. It presents a series of authentic interviews with former ESL students who are employed in vocational areas that offer interesting career opportunities – areas that ESL students may not have thought of, but highlight possible career paths for immigrants. Find more videos @ kqed.org/workvoices
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