Bridge to Success: Navigating Dual Enrollment

Looloo Amante Tupua, Career Pathway Coordinator at Long Beach City College, stops by the podcast studio at the Dual Enrollment Equity Conference to share what dual enrollment means to her. In this heartfelt conversation, she reflects on personal stories and the impact of dual enrollment on students’ lives. Looloo also highlights the work Long Beach City College is doing to expand opportunities thr...

Diane visits Mission Early College High School and talks with Viola Smith, Principal on the characteristics that make them an Exemplary Dual Enrollment school.

Three dual enrollment students from Firebaugh High School share their experience taking college courses while in high school

Liz Lopez, Learning Director of College and Career at Firebaugh High School and Lissette Padilla, Director of Special Grants at Coalinga College share their success on their strong and collaborative partnership as well as data sharing and other dual enrollment tidbits.

Paul Chavez, Director of CTE for Delano Joint Union High School District, joins the podcast to discuss CTE Pathways and strong college partnerships.

The 11th grade cohort from North High School joins Diane to talk about their early college experience.

During her visit to North High School, Diane has the opportunity to speak with a fabulous group of 10th graders from the North High School Early College Program who offer some excellent advice on dual enrollment.

Diane is joined by Michelle Arthur Coordinator/Supervisor for Dual Enrollment, K-14 Pathways, and Early College from El Camino Community College and two partners, Monica Reinhart, Early College Program Manager from Centinela Valley USD, and Emma Biggs, College & Career Pathways TOSA from Torrance USD.

While visiting North High School, Diane meets with a group of students from the 9th grade cohort and talks with them about their dual enrollment experience.

At the North High School visit, Diane is joined by two high school teachers that teach a college course to the high school students. Roberto Rivas, College History Teacher and Tom Sheridan, College Film History Teacher share their experiences and have some advice for you.

Diane visits North High School and talks about their early college program and their new early college program El Camino High School with Torrance Unified District personnel.

While visiting WCPA Lost Hills, Diane talks with Yvonne Armendariz and Monica Urbina about strategies to support dual students academically and socially.

Diane has the opportunity to meet up with alumni from Wonderful College Prep Academy alumni in this episode who came back and work for the Wonderful College Prep Academy.

Diane has a great conversation with Wonderful College Prep Academy and Bakersfield College. In this episode, Diane is joined by Brenton DeFlitch, Principal and Camille LaFleur, Assistant Principal of Wonderful College Prep Academy Delano, Ashlea Ward, Director of Outreach and Early College and Alma Feathers, Program Manager for Early College from Bakersfield College.

At Middle College High School San Bernardino, Diane talks with Grace Navarro, Linked Learning Specialist and also Thalia Garibay, Middle College Program Counselor, San Bernardino Valley College.

While visiting Middle College High School, Diane meets two students and talks about their dual enrollment experience.

Diane visits Middle College High School San Bernardino and talks dual enrollment with James Espinoza, Principal and Dr. Patty Quach, Dean of Academic Success and Larning Services from San Bernardino Valley College.

During her visit to John F. Kennedy Middle College High School, Diane speaks with three students about their experiences with dual enrollment and what it is like to attend a middle college high school.

Diane visits John F. Kennedy Middle College High School in Norco, California, where she sits down with Principal Petria Gonzales to reflect on the success of the 2024 CCEMC Dual Enrollment Summit. They discuss how a middle college high school operates and explore creative ideas for using grant funding to expand student opportunities. The 12th Annual CCEMC Dual Enrollment Summit will be held in Irv...

Amy Williams, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) joins Diane at the California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference and talks about all things NACEP including the annual conference which will be in Los Angeles, California October 26-28, 2025. Please note: call for proposals is now closed. To register for the conference, visit https://www.nacep.or...

While visiting Valley Vista High School, Diane was able to also meet with four dual enrollment students from Fountain Valley High School and chat with them about their dual enrollment experience.

Diane visits Valley Vista High School in Huntington Beach School District and talks with Carolyn O'Gata, Stacey Robison, and Melissa Chan-Nauli.

Diane meets up with members of the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium at the California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference. They discuss the consortium's initiative of providing funding to Math and English teachers to obtain their Master's Degrees to teach dual enrollment courses.

Diane visits Mountain View Los Altos School District as they share their dual enrollment journey with their community college partner - Foothill College.

Diane continues her conversation with Principal, Maricruz Hernandez from Oxnard Middle College High School.