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Merced College alumna Nicole Silveira feels at her best inside a courtroom. The current Supervising Deputy District Attorney of Merced County appreciates the challenges — the professional one that sizes up her prosecutorial skill, and the personal one that sizes up her fight.

It began easily enough. A group of Merced College students had gathered on Zoom last summer to participate in an improvement program. The single parents were all recharging their batteries before the fall semester.

Taylor Brown has wanted to serve as an elected official since she was in elementary school.Something about watching her mother Christie bring history to life, reading books about Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. and other historical figures, has filled her with the hunger to chase public office.

Merced College has for years offered programs to specifically reach and nurture Black students, Latino students, disabled students, students who are military veterans, foster youth, homeless or anyone struggling academically.

Sara Friedman completed 22 units this past semester to finish her B.A. in Psychology at Fresno State.Taking on 22 units in one semester might seem insane for anyone, but not for a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, former chef, Merced College alumnus, 40-year-old, single mother of two. Right?

Community members and dignitaries gathered at Merced College on Thursday to celebrate a major milestone in the construction of the college's new Raj Kahlon Agriculture and Industrial Technology Complex.