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Education Insight sits down with Shelley Mattazaro, Executive Director of the Veterans’ Alcohol Rehabilitation Program (VARP). For over four decades, VARP has helped thousands in San Bernardino rebuild their lives through recovery. Now, under Shelley’s leadership, the program is partnering with San Bernardino Valley College’s Rising Scholars Program to open doors to higher education. Shelley shares her personal journey, the history and impact of VARP’s recovery houses, and how this groundbreaking collaboration is giving people in recovery the chance to step onto a college campus and imagine a future with a degree in hand.
By Growing Inland AchievementEducation Insight sits down with Shelley Mattazaro, Executive Director of the Veterans’ Alcohol Rehabilitation Program (VARP). For over four decades, VARP has helped thousands in San Bernardino rebuild their lives through recovery. Now, under Shelley’s leadership, the program is partnering with San Bernardino Valley College’s Rising Scholars Program to open doors to higher education. Shelley shares her personal journey, the history and impact of VARP’s recovery houses, and how this groundbreaking collaboration is giving people in recovery the chance to step onto a college campus and imagine a future with a degree in hand.