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Success Story: UA-Yuma. Baleshka Brenes, PhD Director of Agriculture Programs, UA-Yuma. Local Context Desert Southwest Border Region Yuma & Imperial Counties. Winter vegetable Capital of the World. The Face of College Students is Changing.
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Success Story: UA-Yuma Baleshka Brenes, PhD Director of Agriculture Programs, UA-Yuma
Local ContextDesert Southwest Border RegionYuma & Imperial Counties • Winter vegetable Capital of the World
The Face of College Students is Changing Few of today’s students study or live full-time at four-year campuses
UA Yuma is a regional campus for the University of Arizona Underserved students Underrepresented Communities Rural areas Partnerships
CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS THROUGH EDUCATION & PROVIDING HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY, WEALTH CREATION, AND ASSET BUILDING
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” - Henry Ford