OTAN invites nominations of California adult education learners who are successful as a result of the education received at adult education agencies for the California Adult Education Students Succeed program. The program honors outstanding students who are adults with significant life responsibilities, who have made positive contributions to the community, established and met life goals by attending an adult education program, improved the life situations of self and others, and overcome difficult circumstances in order to pursue adult learning experiences. The program recognizes the hard work that outstanding adult education students have completed in the pursuit of their personal, academic, and professional goals and aspirations.
You can read stories and watch videos from previous years by clicking on the Students tab. You can also explore stories from specific adult education agencies and programs by clicking on the Schools and Programs tabs. To learn how to nominate a student for the program and to submit an online nomination form, click on the Nomination tab.
Students Succeed Honoree: Jazzmyn Williams
Jazzmyn credits Adult Education with restoring her sense of hope. She grew up believing that the ability to learn was unavailable to her. She always knew that her parents loved her, but their pattern of ongoing financial instability resulted in continually pulling up stakes, changing schools midterm, and three years of homelessness left her believing that she was incapable of learning. She was, in fact, told by an early elementary school teacher that she hadn’t retained anything at all from his classroom. She took those words to heart.