Felicia Gomez

Student

“Come to the Latino Center and get your two-year plan in order! Oscar Galindo was my counselor, and he started me on the way.”

It was nail-biting time for Felicia Gomez as she waited for ‘the word.’ “I’m still holding out for transfer to LMU," she said anxiously. “But if I don’t make it there, then it’ll be Cal State Dominguez Hills.” But wherever she ends up, one thing was very clear in her mind. “After four years here, it’s definitely time for me to move on,” said the young woman who has quite nearly made a ‘career’ at the Latino Center as a student worker. “School full-time and working two jobs to pay the bills has been okay. But I’m really ready to go,” she said with a laugh.

Felicia reports that she’s “going into Liberal Arts so that I can be an elementary teacher. I want to give something back, because my experience in school at that age was all very excellent. And I feel that’s the time in life when people need good teachers more than ever.” Felicia also reports many good experiences during her time at SMC. “I’ve done so much good networking here: It’s how I got my job at the Latino Center. And I’ve also been a dancer with the Folklorico de SMC, which I’m planning to stay with even after I leave. It’s just something I’ll always love.”

Of the teachers that have had the strongest impact on Felicia, she cites “Christina Preciado in Sociology and Karen Gunn in Psychology. But there have been so many good teachers here, and they’ve all helped me to improve scholastically and become more serious. If you come here acting foolishly,” she adds, “you’ll soon see that change quickly. At SMC, it’s time to grow up.”

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