For years Xanthi Soriano has seen firsthand how lives can improve through adult education programs. She started that journey in Irvine, California, by teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) before moving to Sacramento County, where she later put those skills to work again while instructing adult courses for the Folsom Cordova Unified School District.
“It’s a lot of fun, and many of the people I’ve worked with are parents who have children in our schools throughout the county,” says Soriano, who’s now the executive director of communications for the Sacramento County Office of Education as she continues to teach ESL part-time. “It’s a great way to connect parents with their kids through family and community engagement; and the participants are really just go-getters who want to try their best to learn English, or they want to gain other skills.”
She adds, “It’s a great resource in the community.”…