Puente Program

Puente is designed to help students adjust to college life, apply their existing cultural knowledge to academic outcomes, and prepare for transfer to four-year universities. The program explores multicultural, and particularly Latinx, experiences in a close-knit familia cohort model by combining writing instruction, personal growth instruction and counseling, and mentoring. Puente’s goal is to provide strong academic support that affirms community, cultura, and lifelong learning. Puente is open to, and welcomes, all MSJC students.

To learn more about and/or join the Puente Program, please visit: Puente Program

Learning Outcomes

• Design an educational plan that focuses on attaining an AA/AS or other requirements for transfer;
• Analyze social and cultural issues that inform an understanding of civic responsibility and encourage involvement in the college and local communities as mentors or leaders; and
• Develop academic skills (reading, writing, oral, and study) that will demonstrate their ability to be successful in a higher education environment.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about the Puente Program, please contact:

San Jacinto Campus Coordinators 

• Cynthia Vargas– Puente Counselor/Counseling Instructor, San Jacinto Campus
   cvargas@msjc.edu
• Ezikio López– English Puente Faculty, San Jacinto Campus
   blopez@msjc.edu

Menifee Valley Campus Coordinators 

• Cynthia Garcia– Puente Counselor/ Counseling Instructor, Menifee Valley Campus
   cgarcia@msjc.edu
• Dr. Carla Maroudas– English Puente Faculty, Menifee Valley Campus
   cmaroudas@msjc.edu