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Bakersfield Office
Dr.
Jess Nieto (left), Founder & Executive
Director of Heritage of America, received his
Ed.D. from the University of Southern California in 1975.
Nieto was a counselor and professor at Bakersfield College and founded the
Chicano Cultural Center & the Chicano Studies program, and served as the Dean of
the Delano College Center (1971-1983). He taught classes on
PreColumbian Civilizations for the State University of New York at the
National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City (1976, 1977, 1978), and he
also taught for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the School of
Education at California State University, Bakersfield (1984-1996 and 2003). He
developed the Cross-Cultural,
Language, and Academic Development (CLAD) Program
for the University of San Diego and taught the program classes in Bakersfield
(1996-2004). He developed the
Chicano Latino Scholastic & Leadership Academy and
taught classes in the Chicano & Latino Studies Department for California State
University Long Beach 2005-2007. Nieto is the Founder and President of Nieto &
Associates: Marketing & Advertising. Dr. Nieto has won over seventy-five major
advertising awards on national, regional, and local levels, including two
prestigious Telly Awards. Dr. Nieto has conducted numerous
research projects and has over forty publications, curriculum development, and
papers, primarily focusing on Latino issues (in historical, political,
educational, and cultural areas). More information about Dr. Nieto is
available in this
article and on his CV
page.
Patricia
Rainey,
MPH,
Heritage of America Program Co-Director & Fund Development Coordinator,
graduated from the School of Public Health, UCLA. She is the Director of
Citizenship / Immigration Services, Program Development, grant writer, and the
graphics/desktop publishing specialist for HAECF. As the citizenship and
immigration specialist, she has carried out a plethora of services in this
field. She also coordinates the Loan Modification
Program for Heritage and
The Helpful Hands Foundation.
Selene
Magana, a former member of the Chicano Latino Scholastic & Leadership
Academy (2005-2007), Selene is a graduate of California State University with a
Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree and plans to continue her education and
seek a doctorate in education. She has worked on numerous projects with
Heritage, and with her Masters Degree in Counseling, she makes a terrific Field
Counselor in the Loan Modification Program of Heritage
and The
Helpful Hands Foundation.
Beijing Office
Jian
Hu, MD, Ph.D., Director, China/Pacific Rim Project, Beijing Office, (right)
received his medical degree from Tianjin Medical School in 1982. He earned a
Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Paris (1988). Heritage
and Dr. Hu have developed educational programs for Chinese students at the
elementary, high school, and university levels to study in the
Tianjin City Office
Mr. Ellis Wu,
Director of the Tianjin Office
Caracas, Venezuela Office
Lic. Michelle Prudant,
