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Education Chat: A Conversation With an Adult Learner

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Season 1. Episode 2.

Our co-hosts Alysha and Alyssa have a conversation with Aurene Carey, a current student from Barstow Community College, to discover more about Adult Learners in this week’s episode of Education Chat. Aurene sits down to tell her story about why she went back to school, what she went through along the way, and the importance of school and education to her.

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Education Chat tells the stories of students in the Inland Empire by cultivating meaningful discussions about lived experiences, successes, and opportunities for growth. Join GIA Interns Alysha Paulino and Alyssa Silva as they engage in candid conversations with students throughout the region. The show is produced by Growing Inland Achievement, a collective impact organization in the Inland Empire with a mission to increase economic prosperity in the region by increasing educational attainment. 

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