![UC Berkeley students engage in a class that lecturer Pablo Gonzalez teaches on Mexican immigration. Photo by Felicia Mello for CALmatters](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/latino_professors_photo2.jpg?1577874531)
Why a Dearth of Latino Professors Matters
At most University of California campuses, Latinos comprise less than 10 percent of instructors—in a state where Latinos make up nearly a quarter of UC undergrads and more than half of graduates from public high schools.
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3 Social Media Tips for Your College-Bound Teen
Start networking early by leveraging online tools
Try these three strategies to help teenagers use their social media platforms to better prepare for college.
![D'Marcus Frost applies for jobs at the Greater Sacramento Urban League. Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed online community college targets people like the League's clients—working adults with high school diplomas but not college degrees. Photo by Max Whittaker](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/onlinecc_007.jpg?1577874531)
A Community College Online?
Gov. Brown’s plan re-imagines cyber learning, but faces skeptics
Laticia Middleton perches in front of a computer at the Greater Sacramento Urban League’s job center, scanning employment ads. At 30, with two children, a high school diploma and a job at a call center, Middleton is the kind of student Gov. Jerry Brown has in mind as he pushes for a new online community college.
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Back and Forward: Alona Jennings
Operation Innovate founder on the psychology of innovation
Alona Jennings, founder of Operation Innovate in Sacramento offers her insight into the psychology of innovation.
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Back and Forward: Dushyant Pathak
Associate vice chancellor of research and executive director of Venture Catalyst at UC Davis on tech transfer
Dushyant Pathak, associate vice chancellor of research and executive director of Venture Catalyst at UC Davis offers Comstock’s his insight into tech transfer.
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Green Tech: Education Spurs Local Economy
Nonprofit Prepares Local Youth for Jobs in the Green Sector
Right in California’s agricultural heart, innovative nonprofit Green Tech Education and Employment is growing something other than crops – it’s cultivating Sacramento’s next generation of skilled workers.
![A team of Sac High graduates, including (from left) Angel Roque, Leo Lopez and Christian Jackson, work in the production kitchen at Preservation & Co. to bottle the pineapple jalapeno flavor of Sangre del Dragon hot sauce.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/blog0206_hotsauce1.jpg?1577874530)
In the Kitchen with Sangre del Dragon
The Sangre del Dragon project started in August 2016 when Sac High seniors Leo Lopez, Angel Roque, Benny Perez and Jordan Salvador were given an assignment to create a business plan for hot sauce.
![Dominic Campos teaches a U.S. history class with students in special education services at John F. Kennedy High School. Campos is one of 11 candidates in a new teaching pipeline program.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1117_feat_education_lead_kj.jpg?1577874530)
Fill in the Blanks
Facing a teacher shortage, Sacramento City Unified School District crosses the Pacific to find help, but not everyone is on board
Should a school district struggling to fill vacant teaching positions recruit from overseas? With that question looming overhead, Sacramento City Unified School District develops a new credential program with Sacramento State to address its teacher shortage over the long-term.
![Dr. Lee Martin, an associate professor in education, inside the UC Davis Beta Lab’s mobile maker studio. Photos by Zack Quaintance](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1117_blog_technology1.jpg?1577874530)
UC Davis Beta Lab Studies ‘Maker Movement’ in Youth
Research project with mobile lab evaluates how students learn STEM
The Maker Movement is, simply put, an initiative that engages students through projects they like — sewing for fashion, using a 3-D printer — before subsequently integrating traditional academic learning. But Maker Movement is more than a return to the old.
![Kelsey Monroe (left) and Ryan Beatie (right) represent the next generation of leadership for Holt of California.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1017_feat_leadership_lead_td.jpg?1577874530)
The Legacy
As Holt of California approaches a crossroads, the company relies on its history of strong leadership transitions
Back in 1998, two family businesses —Holt Bros. and Tenco Tractors — merged into one, for a total of three families now under one business roof at Holt of California. Twenty years later, they rely on a long history of leadership transitions to select the next in line for succession.