Comments on: Mecca Youth’s Journey from Fields to Starbucks http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2012/08/29/mecca-youths-journey-from-fields-to-starbucks/ Incorporating the Voices of the Eastern Coachella Valley Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Mecca youth’s journey: From fields to Starbucks « Youth Media for Building Healthy Communities http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2012/08/29/mecca-youths-journey-from-fields-to-starbucks/#comment-1745 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:27:14 +0000 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/?p=1571#comment-1745 […] 17 year-old Andrew Ortega has worked to help support his family of eight since he was barely twelve. But this summer, he begins work in the air-conditioned indoors — not in triple-digit heat in the fields of the Eastern Coachella Valley. He learned “how to dress and speak properly for interviews” through an AVID class (Advancement Via Individual Determination) in high school, and the Mecca Boys and Girls Club. Read about him and other teens seeking jobs and support on Coachella Unincorporated. […]

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