Join Us for the Cesar Chavez Month Film Series
Join us for a great lunch and movie. Your support helps us fundraise for the upcoming Cesar Chavez Celebration.
Posted in News at March 9th, 2010. No Comments.
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe
Advocate for Women at La Fe Encourages Checkups
EL PASO — It’s almost impossible to not notice when Cynthia “Cy” Vargas walks into a room.
She’s the one who will be sporting cowboy boots emblazoned with glittery calaveras and bright red flowers.
She’s also the one who may administer the test that saves your life.
Vargas is a family nurse practitioner for Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe at its Women’s Health and Family Planning Center in Central El Paso.
“It feels like I’ve been here forever,” Vargas said. “But I’m going on four years now, and I really enjoy it here. I’ve noticed a lot of cultural behaviors that sometimes prevent women from getting checked.”
She is passionate about her work and wants to increase the number of women who take their health seriously. Read More…
Posted in News at March 1st, 2010. Comments Off.
Astronaut Danny Olivas Teaches La Fe Kids About Space, Science
Students, staff, and families at the La Fe Preparatory School were proud to welcome Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, PhD, PE to their campus this morning for a special presentation on science, math, and space.
Olivas, a graduate of Burges High School and of the University of Texas at El Paso, spent the morning talking to La Fe’s nearly 200 Pre-K through third-grade students, their teachers, and families. Olivas shared video of his spacewalks, two space missions, and of life aboard a space shuttle.
Our students and teachers are grateful to Olivas and to Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas for helping us to coordinate this fabulous educational event.
Students, staff, and families at the La Fe Preparatory School were proud to welcome Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, PhD, PE to their campus this morning for a special presentation on science, math, and space.
Olivas, a graduate of Burges High School and of the University of Texas at El Paso, spent the morning talking to La Fe’s nearly 200 Pre-K through third-grade students, their teachers, and families. Olivas shared video of his spacewalks, two space missions, and of life aboard a space shuttle.
Our students and teachers are grateful to Olivas and to Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas for helping us to coordinate this fabulous educational event
Posted in News at March 1st, 2010. Comments Off.