Yakima Valley College’s Financial Literacy program hosts author, speaker and comedian David Edward Garcia for presentations in Yakima and Grandview on April 24, 2024. His talk, “Flip the Script: Comedic Insights on Crafting your own Success Story,” gives audience members actionable steps to write or re-write their own powerful narrative as they develop their mental well-being.
Garcia will share his experience of growing up as an “at-risk” student on the Texas-Mexico border and how he went from failing high school classes to earning three college degrees, learning five languages and traveling to six continents. He also will show students how they can find their genius and build successful lives.
Grandview Campus
10:30 a.m.
Student Activity Center, #52
Yakima Campus
1:30 p.m.
Hopf Union Building (HUB), #9
Garcia has motivated students and educators across the country as well as internationally. His upbringing facilitated his multiculturalism/multilingualism, which makes he uses to relate to diverse audiences. While his native languages are English and Spanish, he has also presented in French and Portuguese on his international tours.
For more information contact YVC’s Financial Literacy Coordinator Lynn Hennesey at lhennessey@yvcc.edu.