EL CENTRO — With an already impressive number of accomplishments to her name, 65-year-old El Centro resident Estella Olivares recently added a diploma from Imperial Pathways Charter School to that list.
The diploma will complement the associate degree and certificate in alcohol and drug studies she obtained from Imperial Valley College in 2017, and will further help her job prospects, she said.
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