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An honor guard presentation, female veterans’ panel and scholarship awards will be issued at a virtual ceremony held by Las Positas College for the ninth annual Honor Women Veterans event on Wednesday (March 10), starting 1 p.m.
“We are very pleased to feature such highly respected speakers who have many powerful stories to share,” LPC Veterans First supervisor Todd Steffan in a statement. “We know that people will be interested in hearing from these speakers and listening to the panel discussion featuring female student veterans from different branches.”
The online event, which is free and open to the public, includes singing of the national anthem as well as a keynote speech by Xochitl Rodriguez Murillo, deputy secretary of minority and underrepresented veterans for the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Last year’s event took place in person at the LPC campus in Livermore, just a couple of weeks before statewide shelter-in-place orders took effect for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Murillo was appointed to her position over a year ago, and has sat on the Woodland City Council since 2016, as well as been a U.S. Army Reserve sergeant since 2012. She was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2005, and received the National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device and Global War on Terrorism medals (expeditionary and service).
In addition to receiving a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Spanish from UC Davis, Murillo also holds a master’s in Spanish from CSU Sacramento. She is also a member of the American Legion Yolo Post 77, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1985.
LPC’s Veterans First Program provides services and resources to assist student veterans in achieving their academic goals, including priority registration, scholarships, book loans and work-study programs, and an active Student Veterans Organization. To learn more, visit laspositascollege.edu/veterans.
Register for the Honoring Women Veterans event at https://lpchonoringwomenveterans2021.eventbrite.com.