Giber Becerra

Athletic Trainer

Giber Becerra, who has been a trainer for the Mexican national soccer team and for "Club America", a professional soccer team. Giber is from San Luis, Arizona, graduated from Kofa High School, earned his associate's degree from AWC while playing for AWC soccer as a student athlete,and finished his Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine at Grand Canyon University.

Kim Seh

Principal

Kim chose AWC due to its convenience and quality of education.  She was able to complete all her degrees and certifications in the town where she grew up.  She enjoyed all her professors and the support given.

As an educator in the community, Kim felt AWC prepared her for NAU by offering rigorous educational courses.  Her counselors were supportive and helped her map out an educational course plan that was smooth and successful.  She has served Yuma County education in various capacities: 6 years as a teacher, 4 years as an instructional coach, 5 years as district curriculum director, and 10 years and counting as principal.

The biggest lesson learned at AWC was perseverance and taking responsibility for her own education.  Woven into this lesson was the ability to build relationships with the faculty and learning organizational skills that have supported her career to this day.

AWC is a great place to begin and achieve your educational goals!  The faculty and course offerings are supportive to any stage of life you may be in: working parent, high school graduate, or mature student coming back to earn a degree- all are welcomed and can find success at AWC.  The Yuma area is always in need of educators that are passionate for the children in our community and AWC can set you on the right track towards success as an educator.

Honorable Juan Manuel Guerrero

Judge

Judge Guerrero joined the U. S. Navy and served ten years as a Navy Hospital Corpsman with the 1st Marine Division Camp Pendleton, California and the Marine Corp Base, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

After his military service, Judge Guerrero returned to Yuma and joined the Yuma County Sheriff’s Department where he served the community as a Patrol Deputy and a Narcotics Detective. He has also served as a Patrol Commander for the Cocopah Tribal Police Department. Judge Guerrero has further served as a criminal investigator for the State of Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Internal Affairs Division and the Executive Director with the Tribal Gaming Commission. Judge Guerrero has been a Law Enforcement Instructor for the AWC Police Academy and a State Certified Private Investigator.

In addition to his extensive background in law enforcement at the State and Federal levels. In 2008, he was recognized as ‘One of the Ten Most Influential Hispanics of Yuma County’ and was nominated for the ‘Heart of Yuma for Outstanding Leadership’ award.

Judge Guerrero was elected on November 4, 2014, as Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, and took office on January 1, 2015.

Lucila Sedano

Caterfit Yuma Executive Chef and Owner

My education allows me to help others. After studying Dietetics and practicing in local care centers, school kitchens and several locations with AWC programs, I noticed that my passion was on cooking and making people enjoy their meals. I decided to take on another degree and went for Culinary Arts. For several years, I enjoyed cooking and learning new cooking techniques.  I loved empowering trainees to feel passion for this career as well. After finishing a Bachelor's degree in business management, I followed my teacher’s advice and created a business, CaterFit, where I offer a wide variety of meal plans to suit different lifestyles: Paleo, vegan, gluten free and vegetarian diets, just to name some of them. The best part is that I can creatively put menus together and have fun cooking while teaching people how easy it is to prepare delicious and healthy meals. In addition to managing CaterFit, I still hold my full time position as executive chef at a local Living Center.

Lorena ‘Nena’ Zendejas

Teacher at Gary Knox Elementary School

Nena is a coordinator for the ASU/Yuma County Early Literacy Project and a member of the Arizona School Boards Association. And participates in community committees and activities such as YES for Somerton Kids, Somorton School Board, Somerton Planning and Zoning Commision and the Somrton Future High School Committee.