Siripat Nengchamnong is from Thailand and came to the US in 2005. She studied English at San Jose State University and took a Hospitality Management course at Mission College to prepare her for opening her own restaurant, the White Elephant in Santa Clara. Siripat describes how she enjoys the work because she loves to cook and to eat and to please other people with her cooking. She also loves to meet people from all over the world and compare experiences. But Siripat makes it clear that...

Siripat Nengchamnong is from Thailand and came to the US in 2005. She studied English at San Jose State University and took a Hospitality Management course at Mission College to prepare her for opening her own restaurant, the White Elephant in Santa Clara. Siripat describes how she enjoys the work because she loves to cook and to eat and to please other people with her cooking. She also loves to meet people from all over the world and compare experiences. But Siripat makes it clear that...

Siripat Nengchamnong is from Thailand and came to the US in 2005. She studied English at San Jose State University and took a Hospitality Management course at Mission College to prepare her for opening her own restaurant, the White Elephant in Santa Clara. Siripat describes how she enjoys the work because she loves to cook and to eat and to please other people with her cooking. She also loves to meet people from all over the world and compare experiences. But Siripat makes it clear that...

Siripat Nengchamnong is from Thailand and came to the US in 2005. She studied English at San Jose State University and took a Hospitality Management course at Mission College to prepare her for opening her own restaurant, the White Elephant in Santa Clara. Siripat describes how she enjoys the work because she loves to cook and to eat and to please other people with her cooking. She also loves to meet people from all over the world and compare experiences. But Siripat makes it clear that...

These Educators' Activities accompany "Sustainability Specialist" video segments in the Work Voices series. Find more @ kqed.org/workvocies

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Elena Olmedo was raised in a bilingual home, her parents having immigrated to the US from El Salvador. She now works for an energy efficiency firm in Berkeley. She describes her interest in sustainability and how she navigated her way through the range of career options that this huge, emerging field offered her – whether in business, law or policy etc. Elena talks about the green and sustainable business certificate program at City College of San Francisco and the understanding it provided...

Henri Gonnet is clear that working in the energy field can be hard work and it is not for everyone. Because of the way the energy market is changing, he recommends this work “as the way of the future”, with the provison that you should be really interested in electricity and renewable energy for it to be a suitable career option. 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...

Henri is clear that working in the energy field can be hard work and it is not for everyone. Because of the way the energy market is changing, he recommends this work “as the way of the future”, with the proviso that you should be really interested in electricity and renewable energy for it to be a suitable career option. 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...

Henri explains that to work in this field, it is important to be able to communicate clearly in English and understand math at a basic level. He also suggests taking the NABCEP certificate in order to be well placed for getting a job in the industry. He sees solar installation as the most accessible job in the industry, especially in the residential sector, where the market is strong. There is also employment in the commercial world which is very different. Henri describes how with this...

In this video clip Henri explains that to work in this field, it is important to be able to communicate clearly in English and understand math at a basic level. He also suggests taking the NABCEP certificate in order to be well placed for getting a job in the industry. He sees solar installation as the most accessible job in the industry, especially in the residential sector, where the market is strong. There is also employment in the commercial world which is very different. Henri describes...

This is the seventh interview in our Work Voices series for ESL educators. Henri Gonnet is from France and came to this country 25 years ago. He now works in the green tech field at Solar City, having been fascinated by the world of electricity, and in particular the growing world of solar energy. He describes how he went to Diablo Valley College, which offered one of the first solar education programs in the country. This program gave him a really comprehensive grounding in alternative...

These Educators' Activities accompany videos from Work Voices: Dialysis Technician produced by KQED. 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 information and...

These Educators' Activities accompany the video in Work Voices: Radiologist. 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 information and videos in this series @...

These Educators' Activities accompany Work Voices: Dental Technician video series produced by KQED. 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 information and...

This is the second of several video clips that focus on Paweena Lizarraga who came to the USA from Thailand in 2006 and trained at City College of San Francisco on the Bridge to Biotech program where she received her laboratory certification. She explains that this one year course offers the necessary mathematics and science to prepare her for a career as a technician and lab assistant, and stresses that it is not necessary to have a science background for the course. It does help however...

This is one of several video clips that focus on Paweena Lizarraga who came to the USA from Thailand in 2006 and trained at City College of San Francisco on the Bridge to Biotech program where she received her laboratory certification. She explains that this one year course offers the necessary mathematics and science to prepare her for a career as a technician and lab assistant, and stresses that it is not necessary to have a science background for the course. It does help however to love...

This is one of several video clips that focus on Paweena Lizarraga who came to the USA from Thailand in 2006 and trained at City College of San Francisco on the Bridge to Biotech program where she received her laboratory certification. She explains that this one year course offers the necessary mathematics and science to prepare her for a career as a technician and lab assistant, and stresses that it is not necessary to have a science background for the course. It does help however to love...

This is one of several video clips that focus on Paweena Lizarraga who came to the USA from Thailand in 2006 and trained at City College of San Francisco on the Bridge to Biotech program where she received her laboratory certification. She explains that this one year course offers the necessary mathematics and science to prepare her for a career as a technician and lab assistant, and stresses that it is not necessary to have a science background for the course. It does help however to love...