Learning Today, Earning Tomorrow

Florida Farmworker Jobs and Education Program

Success Stories

Hillsborough County

• Ms. Guadalupe Lamas (Middle in Picture)– Migrant Farmworker– Participant of the Farmworker Jobs and

Education Program – Certified Nursing Assistant - FJEP– Master Degree in Nursing - USF– Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner

(ARNP)– Working at the South Florida Baptist

Hospital as Registered Nurse and at Suncoast Community Center as an ARNP

• Ms. Nalda Felix (left in Picture)– Migrant Farmworker– Participant of the Farmworker Jobs and

Education Program– Certified Nursing Assistant - FJEP– Instructor and Mentor Ms. Lamas– Working at Baptist Hospital

Ms. Martina Zamaripa (Right in Picture)• Migrant Farmworker• Participant of the Farmworker

Jobs and Education Program• Certificate Nursing Assistance

through FJEP• Working at the School District of

Hillsborough County–School Nurse

Hillsborough County• Georgina Rivera-Singletary, Ed.S

– Migrant Farmworker– Participant of the Farmworker Jobs

and Education Program– GED Certificate– Associate’s Degree– Worked as a counselor at

Farmworker Jobs and Education Program at Pasco County

– Bachelor’s Degree– Master’s Degree– Doctoral candidate (working on her

dissertation, scheduled to finish by December 2013)

– Working at Hillsborough County Public Schools as the Title I Migrant Education Supervisor

Manatee County• Juana Maria

– Migrant farmworker – Participant of the Manatee

County Farmworker Jobs and Education Program

– ESOL student– GED Certificate (MTI)– Medical Records Technician

Certificate (MTI)– Bachelor’s Degree in

Education (USF)– To graduate with a Master’s

Degree in 2014– ESOL Teacher at Sarasota

County School District

Manatee County

• Francisco– Migrant farmworker– Participant of Farmworker Jobs

and Education Program – ESOL classes– GED certificate (MTI)– Head Custodian Certificate

(MTI)– Work Experience at Manatee

Technical Institute– Supervisor of the Manatee

Technical Institute Custodian Department.

Miami Dade County

• Sadrak Jean Baptiste– Migrant Farmworker– High School Drop Out– Participant of the

Farmworker Jobs and Education Program

– Re-entered High School– Football Player– Bachelor’s Degree

Miami Dade County

• Juventino Rojo– Migrant Farmworker– Participant of the

Farmworker Jobs andEducation Program

– GED– ASE Certified Auto

Mechanic– Working at Ford Motor

Company

Miami Dade County

• Magdalena Quintero– Migrant Farmworker– Participant of the

Farmworker Jobs and Education Program

– Certified Nursing Assistant

– GED– Working at Homestead

Baptist Hospital