Heidi Martinez-Forsythe

The Second Chances Scholarship Fund Endowment was established in 2016 by Bakersfield College alumna Heidi Martinez-Forsythe to encourage those students who have faced substantial personal challenges and yet want a second chance to be productive, successful community members. Born in Mexico and becoming a naturalized citizen at age twenty-one, Mrs. Forsythe faced significant challenges growing up and yet has earned a Masters in Education and will be completing her second Masters in Public Administration in Fall of 2017. She has worked with female inmates, helping them earn their GED, is an adjunct faculty for Bakersfield College, and a lecturer for California State University, Bakersfield.