Student Profiles

Elle Yanez, an interior design student at Saddleback College, earned a pair of $5,000 scholarships by winning two recent design competitions. Yanez won the national Bienenstock Library Interior Design

Adam Brauer earned his Associate in Arts degree in economics at Saddleback in 2016, graduating cum laude, and knows his community college experience provided an excellent platform to build his higher

Mitchell Inokuchi is a self-described "plant geek" but turning his passion into a profession wasn't as easy as planting a seed and watering it. It took nurturing, hard work, and a chance connection

Sara VandenBroek is a believer. Bachelor's degree in hand and a steady job on her resume, VandenBroek was nonetheless left wanting for a career that would feed her creativity. Thanks to Saddleback

Suzee Ramirez loves the outdoors and all it has to offer, not the least of which includes hiking, mountain biking, the ocean, and spending time in the garden. Which is why, when she was looking for a

Robert Fletcher found his new career with Trinity Behavioral Health thanks to Saddleback College's Alcohol and Drug Studies program. But this wasn't a profession the 49-year-old La Habra resident had

Ahmed Ibrahim was living in his native Egypt and had never heard of Saddleback College when he secured a study abroad grant to further his career as a computer support specialist and was paired with

Karen Mooney never thought about becoming a nurse until she needed one during an emergency surgery. In a flash of insight, she knew that's what she wanted to do–she was even more sure once she became