AVID students prepare for AAUW's Speech Trek contest

AAUW AVID students and mentors attending weekly sessions to learn public speaking skills are, from left, front, mentees Antonia Rojas, Nicole Gonzales, Melisa Sanchez, Elizabeth Ortiz and Yennifer Avila.; rear, mentors Barbara Luther and Lin Payne, mentees Grisel Raymundo, Cindy Acosta and Emilee Person, AAUW AVID director, co-coach and mentor Karen Langer Baker, mentor Terri Keyes and co-coach and mentor Rosemary West. The sessions started in October to prepare the students for competing in California AAUW