{"id":666,"date":"2019-04-26T23:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T23:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/?p=666"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:00:32","slug":"finished-degree-gives-others-a-strong-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/finished-degree-gives-others-a-strong-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished degree gives others a strong start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Angelica-early-childhood-education\"<\/a>By Katy Nesbitt<\/b><\/p>\n

When Angelica Fuentes, \u201918, enrolled at EOU, she found an institution that invested in her career and success as an individual.<\/p>\n

An early childhood education professional, Fuentes attended Treasure Valley Community College and EOU in a variety of non-traditional ways \u2013 online from home and by taking intensive weekend classes on the TVCC campus in Ontario.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started, it was after I had kids \u2013 I needed to work and still attend school,\u201d Fuentes said.<\/p>\n

In 2008 Fuentes enrolled in EOU\u2019s online program and continued to work full time. For nine years she took classes when she could fit them into her schedule. Meanwhile her career was evolving.<\/p>\n

She was hired as an early home visitor for the Oregon Child Development Coalition<\/a> in Ontario in 2011. Within two years she became the home visitor coordinator at the Coalition\u2019s center in Nyssa.<\/p>\n

After years of taking classes sporadically, Fuentes said the trigger to finishing school was an opportunity to be the Nyssa center\u2019s education coordinator. A bachelor\u2019s degree was required for the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met with an advisor and developed a game plan to fast-track a degree that would incorporate what I do.\u201d<\/div>\n

\u201cI met with an advisor and developed a game plan to fast-track a degree that would incorporate what I do,\u201d Fuentes said. \u201cIt was a good move and about time to finish school.\u201d<\/p>\n

By integrating her sociology and anthropology classes with her early childhood coursework and experience, Fuentes designed her individualized Integrative Studies major through EOU\u2019s Ontario Regional Center<\/a>.
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\nFuentes\u2019 degree advanced her career, an aggregate of disciplines itself. The center she runs works with both migrant and non-migrant farm working families, preparing their children for school holistically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always worked with kids and I felt like something was missing,\u201d Fuentes said.  \u201cThe relationship with parents and the child allows me to help the whole picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serving children from six weeks to five-years old, the Center provides family services geared to meeting parents\u2019 education goals for their children, the Coalition\u2019s standards, and Head Start requirements.<\/p>\n

The staff is bilingual, Fuentes said, so the children can speak their home language in the classroom while learning English.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to make it less stressful so they learn and feel comfortable in their environment,\u201d Fuentes said.<\/p>\n

The Center also helps families connect with basic services like dentist and doctor visits and keeping up with immunizations. Fuentes said she sees a benefit in offering wrap-around services along with early childhood education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more about helping as a whole instead of just one aspect,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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