Capstones/Theses from 2017
250 Words of I don't Understand: Reading Struggles for Freshmen College Students, Alicia Bushey
Achieving Community Change Through A New Framework: An Evaluation to Measure Engagement and Understanding of Strategy Maps, Veronica Sallaz
Addressing Social Issues Affecting Vulnerable Populations in San Benito County through Community Events, Lucila Alvarez
A Discussion Regarding Various Animals' Abilities to Make Music and Move Rhythmically to Songs, Emilie R. Bufford
Advocate Resource Manual CASA Voices for Children, elvia perez
A Forgotten Demographic: Low-Income First-Generation College Students, Ryan Joseph-Lee Haynes
Algebra Tiles Effect on Mathematical Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities, Suncere Castro
Almost Home: An Interim Solution to Homelessness, Daleen M. Pearse
Analyzing the Use of Strategies of Self-Management for High School Students with Disabilities, Lucy Vucina
And The Beat Goes on: The Story of the Drum Machine, Ismael Medina
An Investigation of Metacognitive, Bottom-up and Top-down Strategies in L2 Listening, Xibo Henderson
Art Workshop: Stress Reduction for Chinatown Residents, Daisy Leyba
Assessment of Patients Who Decline Volunteer Services in VNA Hospice, Vanessa Martinez
Beyond the Degree: A Post-Secondary Student Success Workshop Series, Brandon Mariano
Blooming Relationships: Increasing Communication Between Parents and Teachers, Jasmine Negrete
Breaks in The Elementary Classroom and Their Effect on Student Behavior, Elisabeth Trambley
Bridging the Literacy Gap: A Critique of Computer-Based Instruction, Savannah Lee Trudeau
Bright Futures; Teaching Parents the importance of well child checkups, Estefania Lopez
Building a Bridge: Challenging the Negative Perceptions of School Resource Officers, Angel Estrada
Bullying Stops Here, Zenayda Torres
CalFresh: Examining Barriers of Low Participation Rates in Santa Cruz County, Yesenia Sanchez
Caring for Humanity: Non-Profit Elderly Law, Sierra Samp
Chinatown Landscape Analysis, Juliana Saldana
Climate Change: Why Is a Positive School Climate Imperative To Learning?, Lindsay C. Frias
Coming into Understanding, Myka Menard
Court Appointed Special Mentor (CASMs) Instructional Manual, Mounia R. Munsinger
Courtroom Etiquette for Victims of Crime, Stephanie Escamilla
Creating a more Proficient Food Process Allowing more Teaching Time for Children, Laura P. Pacheco
Creating a Multiracial Lesson Plan, Clayton Davis
Creative Outlets Empowering At-Risk Youth: Cultural Expressions through Recording Technology and Multimedia Productions, Gregory Jeffery
Decreasing Elopement in Individuals with Intellectual Disability Using a Modified Jacobson Method, Michelle Goldstone
Decreasing First Grade Transition Time Using the Timely Transitions Game, Corinna O. E. Davis
Decreasing Violence by Increasing Conversations, Guadalupe Martinez
Developing Leaders for the Future of Alisal, Reyna Alcala
Domestic Violence, Dating Abuse, Teen Violence, and the Importance of Healthy Relationships, Joey Marie Lopez
Dream Variations: Fictional Views of the School to Prison Pipeline, Kierstin R. C. Anderson
Early Education and Parent Involvement, Michelle Espinoza
Eco-Friendly and Efficient: Redesign of Friends Outside’s Intake System, Nolan Balaam
Effects of Oceanographic Variability on the Trophic Ecology of Eight Species of Coral Reef Fishes From the Remote Central Pacific, Scott Donald Miller
Effects of TIPS Homework on Student Learning, Ying Ying K. Chu
Empowering Families to Achieve Secondary Education, Guadalupe Flemate
“Encouraging Emotional Expression in At-Risk Adolescent Males in Santa Cruz County”, Amy D. Williams
Ending Homelessness: Progress in Santa Cruz County, Pilar Marin-Stein
Engaging Latinos in Literacy, Yeri Rosas
Engineers Throughout Jazz History, Alex Declet
English Only? Enrichment of English Language Learner Education, Laura R. Hinton
Entrepreneurship vs. Unemployment: One Success Story at a Time, Donald Brennan
ESL and ELL Program Effectiveness: Providing Academic Success for Students, Maria Gonzalez-Herrera
Examination of the Relative Influence of Vegetation, Distance from Inflow, and Elevation on Sedimentation in a Coastal Californian Wetland, Ryan M. Bassett
Examining the Effects of Using Picture-Based Summaries in a Flipped Classroom Model, Kacee C. Fujinami
Factors Driving Demography and Temporal Variability in PH of the Acid Weed, Desmarestia Herbacea, Angela T. Zepp
Finding the Needs for Filipino Seniors in Salinas, Delna Fenton
First Arrow Indigenous Gathering: An Event For Healthy Outcomes, Natasha Harbert
Fitspiration: Social Media's Fitness Culture and its Effect on Body Image, Makenzie Norton
Fixing a Problem; Serving a Solution, Di Anna M. Alvarez
Food Transitions: How Food Symbolizes Another Chapter, Josiah Peralta
Foster The Future, Gabriela Zuno
Friends Outside New Program Feasibility, Monica Miramontes-Valadez
Gametophyte Fitness and Costs of Self-Fertilization in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera, Robert A. San Miguel
Gear Up & Beyond, Stephanie Sanchez
Gender-Mediated Habitat Associations of Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos Decagrammus) Along the Central Coast of California, Jessica Flower Moye
Get Out: Preparing Families for Emergencies, Megan Fletcher
Get them Moving: Increasing Physical Activity in the Classroom, Elizabeth G. Balcom
Getting Somewhere: People v. Turner (2016) and the Efficacy of Survivor Narratives, Gheorghe L. Williams
Growth Mindset and Its Effect on Math Achievement, Jessica L. W. Baker
Healthy Choices For Healthy Teens, Veronica Leon Vega
Healthy Lifestyle at Headstart in Monterey County, Leticia Manriquez
Healthy teeth: Building Dental Health Awareness among Head Start Parents, Marisol Cruz
IHSS My Source, Daisy Meza
Increasing Student Perceptions of Teacher Caring Using Class Dojo, Chloe Elliott
Integrating Ethnic Studies in Social Studies Curriculum, Alyssa Denise Hernández
Interns Matter: Maximizing Integration of Interns into Community Agencies, Valerie Garcia
It is a Win-Win for Both: Cross-Age Peer Tutoring, Lisa Cardenas
It Pays to Behave: Investigating Effective Classroom Management, Rei Massie
Latino Parents Struggling With Different Barriers With it Came to Engage in their Children Education, Maria Parra
Legal Discrimination, Jeena D. Tanks
Let’s Talk: Increasing Communication in the Dual-Immersion Setting, Iliana Izquierdo
Let's Talk: Increasing Communication With Dual- Immersion Parents, Carmina Tirado
Life As I Know It: My Story Told Through Poetry, Leah T. Montoya
Lowering Language Demands: How High-Frequency Word Homework Activities Affect Kindergarten Word Recognition, Katie Marie Meyer
Media's Impact on Youth, Jessica May
Millennial Communication in the Workplace: A Cautionary Tale about Social Media, Samantha Rangel
Monterey Bay Charter School, a school worth investing in!, Diana Munoz
Monterey County Behavioral Health - "Transition To Integrated Care", Jose Francisco Barajas Chavez
Monterey County's Inequity: An Assessment of South County Needs, omar gutierrez
Monterey Dance Marathon: For The Kids, Mayra Vivanco
Music Therapy’s Impact on Substance Abuse Recovery, Justin Bishop-Williams
Not so “free”: Increasing elementary children’s free time, Annie Santos
Nutrient Dynamics in Tidally Restricted Regions of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maureen M. Wise
Padres Activos, Ninos Creativos/Active Parents, Creative Children 2017, Judith Aguilera
PBIS: Moving Beyond a Focus on Behavior to Relationships, Sylvia Chavez
PBIS: Moving Beyond a Focus on Behavior to Relationships, Flor Gomez
Physical Factors Influencing Phytoplankton Abundance in Southern Monterey Bay, C. Ryan Manzer
Physiological Effects of Nitrate, Light, and Intertidal Position on the Red Seaweeds Mazzaella Flaccida and Mazzaella Splendens, Stephan A. Bitterwolf
Planned Parenthood: Defend or Defund?, Jasmine M. Lopez
Play it Forward: Cooperative Learning and Structured Play, Mary Rossi and Tyler Elwin
Play it Forward: Cooperative Learning & Structured Play During Recess, Tyler Elwin and Mary Rossi
Positive Behavior Intervention System and Latino/a High School Student Academic Achievement, Jasmin Ramos McEntire