Community Rising Stars
Read about some of our students and how they have used the classes and certificate programs from UCR Extension to both help their careers and benefit their communities.
- Machiko Yamamoto
- Aspiring criminalist from Japan
- Michele Setzer
- Paralegal, Riverside County District Attorney's Office
- Laura Gowen
- Administrative assistant to the vice president of Instructional Support at San Bernardino Valley College
- Kyle Cech
- English teacher in Japan
- Barbara Toohey
- Crime Analyst, Santa Barbara Police Department
- Rachel Ginsberg
- GIS technician for Rand McNally
- Craig Vitamanti
- TESOL teacher at UCR Extension
- Kevin Wong
- Executive Director of Hospice of Morongo Basin
- Kathryn Taylor
- Professor, Respiratory Care Program, Crafton Hills College; Instructor, The Little Yoga Studio, Lake Arrowhead; and Instructor, UC Riverside Extension

