CEWD TODAY! Get Trained. Get Hired. Newsletter from Hostos Community College Volume 1. No. 3
Spring 2025
Please Fill Out CEWD’s Spring 2025 Student Satisfaction Survey Hostos Community College's Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD) would like to learn more about your experience taking our classes and/or programs. To help us improve, we would like to know what you liked and did not about the classes and programs you took with us. This survey will take approximately 7 minutes to complete. Please note your responses will remain anonymous. We look forward to hearing from you. Here is the link to the survey: https://forms.office.com/r/ArbipQzG7u
Student Spotlights Jinnette Ramirez In Summer 2022, Jinnette was awarded a Hostos Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD) Recovery Hub Scholarship, which allowed her to enroll in our Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (MAA) program at no-cost to her. In August 2022, Jinnette obtained her MAA Certification. She returned to Hostos CEWD in April 2023 and successfully completed our Certified Billing and Coding Specialist and CPR/AED certificate programs. With these three certifications, Jinnette started working simultaneously at the NYC Health & Hospitals and DocGo, a telehealth company primarily catering to asylum seekers. She is currently working as a patient administrator at DocGo. Hostos continues to play a crucial role in Jinnette’s journey. To achieve her goal of becoming an MRI or ultrasound technician, she enrolled in the Radiologic Technology Degree Program at Hostos.
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Seiaka Touray Seiaka’s pursuit of a career in healthcare is best described as a journey of resilience and determination. When he was a high school freshman, a lifealtering accident put a sudden pause on Seiaka’s education. However, after meeting the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) assigned to his surgery, he identity a new career pathway as a CRNA. Seiaka earned his GED® and began his educational journey. While pursuing an associate’s degree in Dietetics & Nutrition Science at CUNY’s Bronx Community College, Seiaka enrolled in Hostos CEWD’s Patient Care Technician (PCT) Certificate Program. He completed it in Spring 2023. Soon after, he was hired as a Patient Care Associate (PCA).
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Seiaka also credits the PCT program with preparing him for his nursing coursework. “It’s a great way to get exposure to the basics because the degree is very, very challenging.” He is currently pursuing an Associate’s Degree in Nursing at St. Paul’s School of Nursing and anticipates graduating in Summer 2025. Seiaka remains focused on his long-term career goal—becoming a CRNA.
To register online, visit www.hostos.cuny.edu/Continuing-Ed/Register To sign up for a Virtual Information Session, visit https://tinyurl.com/HostosCEWD