<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/articles/citrusview-htccfranciscarivera18.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>05/01/2018</pubDate><title>Rivera's Journey Earns Top HTCC Honor</title><author>Strategic Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs</author><image><img src="/academics/articles/images/citrusview-htccfranciscarivera18.jpg" alt="eight citrus college honors students and faculty pose together outdoors at the htcc undergraduate research conference"/></image><caption>Francisca Rivera (far left) was awarded the Dr. Juan Lara Scholarship by the Honors Transfer Council of California.</caption><thumbnail/><display/><description>Francisca Rivera's academic growth, resilience and community service earned the HTCC Dr. Juan Lara Scholarship and helped lead to UC San Diego admission with nearly full funding and housing for her family.</description><tags><tag>academics</tag><tag>departments</tag><tag>divisions</tag></tags></item>