Employee Spotlights

 “Just don’t give up on what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald These are words that Chandra Richards, University of California Cooperative Extension land use academic coordinator for Southern California, lives by. A champion…

On a sunny morning in San Bernardino, Clara Wilshire, with palpable energy and a warm smile, greets the participants of her nutrition class, part of the EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) at the University of California Cooperative Extension office. Good morning.

Costumed as river creatures with papier mch heads and dressed as the Army Corps of Engineers, Cleo Woelfle Hazard and a performance art group called The Water Underground dazzled the biennial Bay Delta Science Conference a few years ago. Woelfle Hazard then a Ph.D.

For more than 30 years, Sua Vang has dedicated her time to improving the health of the Hmong community in Fresno County.

From her Hmong family's roots to the vast expanses of Fresno's fields, Lilian Thaoxaochay weaves a story of unwavering commitment to the land and community.