Aspire Magazine

At just 16 years old, Anna Laible has found a creative way to combine her passions for sports and writing.

A junior in high school and carrying a full load at LCCC, Laible, of Lehighton, will earn her associate degree in communications by the time she finishes high school. Her professional goal is to become a sports broadcaster or reporter.

Remembering Founding Trustee Leon S. Peters Leon Peters served as an LCCC trustee from 1967 to 1972 as a school board member for the Parkland School District, then from 1972 to 1986, representing the Allentown School District.

Mr. Peters died Dec. 4, 2021 at the age of 90. We remember the impact he had on establishing the college and his continued role in the community over the decades since.

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LCCC at 55 55 Moments for 55 Years of LCCC

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55 Years of Family and Giving LCCC prides itself on creating a family atmosphere for students, and that family culture is represented through the generosity of the many families of LCCC over the past 55 years.

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Family In Focus As the oldest community college in the Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Carbon Community College has impacted the lives of not just individuals, but entire families. Students become alumni, and their children make the same choice when it comes time to decide on an educational path after high school. For many families, all roads lead to LCCC.

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Full Circle at LCCC Born and raised in Kenya, Caroline Matu-Moli came to the United States in 1998 at the age of 18 with dreams of becoming a social worker. After first living in Kansas, Caroline moved to the Lehigh Valley area in 1999 and began classes at LCCC.

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LCCC Spring Commencement Speakers Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) selects two students—one traditional, one adult learner—to speak at Commencement every year. For Commencement 2021, Rose Reyes and Jamie Knerr were chosen for this honor.

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Heroes Study Here Through a partnership with St. Luke’s University Health Network, in place of the typical clinical experience LCCC nursing students are exposed to, our nursing students were given the opportunity to take part in the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics at its Miner’s and Lehighton facilities.

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Profile: Hilaria Valdez Reyes College is challenging in the best of circumstances. Add stressors like housing insecurity and learning a new language and even the most determined student feels like giving up at times. Hilaria Valdez has been there. She faced obstacles that would deter just about anyone. Yet she persisted and earned her degree at Lehigh Carbon Community College and recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Temple University.

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Things Happen in Three An old adage goes “Things happen in three.” That’s how Dr. Bibi Trinidad Sierra defines her legacy. The legacy her family bestowed upon her started with her grandmother, a native of Puerto Rico

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Sleight of Hand

Alani Jimenez is an award winning artist who has been doing caricatures for over 13 years. He started doing caricatures at a local theme park in Allentown for the summer. Now, he manages a year-round Caricatures and Facepaint operation at fairs nationwide.