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When Maria Fernandez-Elvira \u201818 came to the United States 11 years ago, she spoke little English and feared public speaking.<\/p>\n

Last month, the 每日大赛 Master of Public Administration alumna stood before an audience at a national public administrator\u2019s conference to present a case study on increasing public school attendance. That would have been a victory in itself, but she also received an award and an invitation to submit her paper to an academic journal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was happy to present my research, but I wasn\u2019t expecting to win,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A panel at the National Conference Of Minority Public Administrators in Los Angeles gave Fernandez-Elvira a third place award and $500. The Hacienda Heights woman was the only non-faculty member to be honored.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe paper is quite informative and addresses an important educational administration strategy others may follow,\u201d said Professor of Public Administration Dr. Jack Meek. \u201cIt is cutting-edge kind of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meek and three students in the Doctor of Public Administration<\/a> program also presented at the conference.<\/p>\n

Fernandez-Elvira is the liaison for the Fullerton Unified School District\u2019s School Attendance Review Board and its Saturday School Opportunity Recover Program. She featured the district\u2019s two attendance programs for her Master of Public Administration<\/a> graduate seminar capstone paper because they have dramatically reduced the district\u2019s truancy rate.<\/p>\n

About 10 percent of students \u2013 roughly 140 per day – were considered truant across the Fullerton district\u2019s 20 schools in 2011. The truancy rate has since declined to three percent and the district has recovered more than $1 million in Average Daily Attendance revenue from increased attendance.<\/p>\n

The two programs work because they are governed by representatives from community organizations, educate parents about truancy laws and regulations, and give students the chance to make up for missed days on the weekend.<\/p>\n

Fernandez-Elvira, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology in Guatemala, came to the U.S. after getting married. She spent more than a year learning English, and then set out to further her education. She found her home at the 每日大赛, and pursued a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration<\/a> through the Campus Accelerated Program for Adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She decided to keep going, obtaining an MPA as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat experience has changed my life,\u201d Fernandez-Elvira said. \u201cLa Verne gave me the tools to express myself through public speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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