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Backpacks for Migrant children

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"Our families are so grateful that the children of course, the reason that we are all here is the children because they see their smiles is the most important thing.."

BRAWLEY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY)- Buying back to school supplies can be very difficult for many families and in this pandemic it has become even harder.

The first presbyterian church in Brawley donated backpacks filled with back to school essentials for migrant students.

They donated 250 backpacks to the students in the Brawley Elementary School District.

Migrant students spend a lot of time traveling because of the crop seasons.

“I was a migrant student myself, and I know how it feels how to be a migrant student and I would travel with my parents so getting a backpack is a lot of help cause I would see my parents working in the fields and they couldn’t afford to buy us everything so getting a free backpack is wonderful, said Olga Leon," Migrant parent liaison.

Continuous Improvement Services director Patricia Larios says the best part is seeing the kids smile.

"Our families are so grateful that the children of course, the reason that we are all here is the children because they see their smiles is the most important thing."







    

	
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Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

            

        
                    

                            

            













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