On May 7, the Association for Women in Communications – Santa Barbara (AWC-SB) honored four extraordinary women whose work and leadership have strengthened and uplifted Santa Barbara’s immigrant community at the 2026 Women of Achievement Awards luncheon: Teresa Alvarez, executive director, Carpinteria Children’s Project; Primitiva Hernandez, executive director, 805 UndocuFund; Viviana Marsano, assistant dean, Civic and Community Engagement, UCSB; and Julissa Pena, executive director, Immigrant Legal Defense Center. The […]
