Washington Hoy
06/03/2005
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| Delmi Pineda holds her CCP Certificate in
Computers and Internet. |
Sixteen years ago in El Salvador, when Delmi Pineda was still a
teenager her dream was to work for her government. What she never
imagined, let alone dream, was that she would end up working for
the government of her adoptive country….the United States
of America. At her job with the State Department and more than ever
before she has aspirations thanks to the computers and Internet
class she graduated from last week.
“Education is the key to success in this great nation and
I’m determined to go on with more courses”, says Pineda,
one of the students who graduated at the Centro de Capacitación
Profesional (CCP), a vocational school based in Wheaton, Maryland,
with a branch in Virginia.
Pineda, a mother of four children, tours visitors at the State Department’s
headquarters in Washington DC, and her motivation after graduating
is so high that she has convinced her husband Juan Alberto Pineda,
a construction worker, to take a class at CCP where he will learn
Blueprint Reading.
“My boss told me once half joking half serious ‘no computers
knowledge, no promotion.’ I took it seriously and I feel hopeful
that I can still accomplish more,” says Pineda, who plans
to take more Computers and English classes at CCP.
“Our mission is to help educate and train the Hispanic immigrants
so they can be ready to entry in the nation’s workforce as
soon as possible,” said William Zambrano, the CCP principal
at the graduation ceremony.
CCP is a licensed private educational institution that offers pre-apprenticeship,
introductory vocational and non-vocational training programs to
the public. It operates in the area since 1997.
In total, CCP graduated 100 students who obtained certificates in
Computers and Internet, Plumbing and Electricity.
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