When Mahrooz Daghighi arrived at Santiago Canyon College in 2012, she was continuing an educational journey that began years earlier in her native Iran. During her time at SCC, Daghighi found a community that supported her goals of improving her English, exploring her passion for photography and art, and building a growing small business. Those achievements are now guiding her toward a new goal of earning an associate’s degree from SCC, with plans to transfer to a four-year university.

The first landing spot for Daghighi and her family when they came to the United States from Iran in 2001...READ MORE