Author: Nieves Guajardo

Monica Martinez called ‘a voice of reason’ in college’s Dental Hygiene Clinic Shortly after starting a new job at Del Mar, Monica Martinez found herself having to work through the issues of the pandemic in 2020. Martinez, assistant instructor at the Dental Hygiene Clinic, remembers the experience well. “I started right before COVID hit and had to navigate a new career path in the mist of chaos,” said Martinez, herself a Del Mar alumna. “It was a challenging time but the stability and teamwork at the DMC Dental Hygiene Clinic overcame all the obstacles.” According to Martinez, patience and perspective…

The Del Mar College Dental Hygiene Clinic needs volunteers for the Dental Hygiene Program. The program provides patients with dental hygiene services at no cost. Students in the program perform services such as oral screenings, teeth cleaning, and more.   Students are supervised by the faculty of the program during the process. These instructors are required to have a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene as well as clinical experience to teach at the clinic.   “In a given year, we provide the community with over half a million dollars of dental hygiene services. You’re talking about cleanings, deep cleanings, sealants, X-rays, fluoride, all…

Assistance available to households with income of $60,000/year or less Tax season is here, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is offering free income tax filing assistance at the Del Mar College Heritage Campus.  Del Mar’s VITA lead coordinator Adelfino Palacios Jr. said the DMC location has been doing this for almost 20 years. However, this is the first time back since 2020 due to COVID. Palacios said accounting major students are working on the tax returns. The students from Del Mar’s Accounting Program have been certified through the IRS.  Palacios said the VITA program has a partnership with…

Del Mar College offers work study and student assistant jobs for students who are looking to earn some money.   Work study offers jobs in many departments from offices and shops to labs.  “We try to give student jobs within their major so they can put on their resume that they have some work experience in their field of study,” said Financial Aid Assistant Stephanie Morin Morin confirmed that “students must be enrolled for a minimum of 6 hours, be in good standing with Financial Aid, and have an unmet need which will be determined when their file is viewed.…