Mecca Youth’s Journey from Fields to Starbucks

August 29, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Advancement Via Individual Determination, Alejandro Ortega, Alma Silva, AVID, Boys and Girls Club, Coachella Unincorporated, community, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Mecca, Mecca Boys and Girls Club, Mecca Starbucks, Starbucks, thermal, Tony Aguilar, youth employment

[Translate] By Tony Aguilar, 
Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — This summer was unlike any other for 17-year-old Alejandro Ortega.