Named Outstanding Graduate of the Year by the School of Health and Human Services at California State University Long Beach
Maria Gandarilla, Youth Institute Class of 2004, was named the Outstanding Graduate of the Year by California State University faculty this March, 2011. This honor was bestowed on Maria at a special ceremony held at CSULB. Maria has grown up at our Community Development YMCA. She and her family participated in our JCPP program back in the late 90’s. She was a part of our CORAL after school programs ten years ago and was a part of our Youth Institute from 2004 to present day. Maria went to CSULB to study Social Work. She gets her undergraduate degree BSW this May and will go into the MSW program at CSULB this fall.
We are so proud of Maria’s accomplishments and wish to extend our congratulations to another one of the YMCA Youth Institute success stories during the past ten years. You are a part of our YMCA family and will always have a place here at our YMCA!
By Bob Cabeza (VP, Community Development)
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