Daniel Miranda
Veteran Spotlight (2020)
Daniel Miranda is a veteran of the U.S. Army and a student at Norco College. He shares
why he chose to come to Norco College and how it is a military friendly institution
known as "Best for Vets":
"I was in the military. I joined in 2014 and I was in for four years but I got out
and decided I needed to come to school and I came to Norco. I went to a different
college before and I didn't like the experience. It wasn't... It didn't make me feel
at home. It was too big, too. It was a lot going on, and I didn't feel like I was
being taken care of as an individual. It was more as being taken care of as mass,
but when I got to Norco College, it was a whole different experience. People were
telling me, 'You need to come here. They treat veterans correct. Everybody's nice
to you,' and I came over, and I've been here for three semesters now, so they're pretty
good."
"I've had several challenges coming out of the military - one of them financially.
I was worried about being able to financially take care of myself while I was going
to school. Another one was integrating back into civilian life, but Norco College
gave me both those things as soon as I got here. As soon as I got here I was able
to join the Veterans Club, meet a bunch of new veterans, get to know the people, be
part of the community, and then I was also able to get a job with the Veterans Center,
which was amazing because they helped me out so much, taking time for myself and actually
working on myself instead of having to rush and work and not being able to take care
of myself."
"Norco College has done a really good job of treating me well as an individual. Students
are the future and itself it becomes an investment if you invest in the students because
they're part of this community and they will wound up becoming members of the society
that help contribute instead of hurt so it's better to help them up and lift them
up and give them the tools that they need in order to succeed in their lives and in
order to succeed in our community."