The EMT and paramedic programs at Southwestern Community College are breaking barriers to expand the ranks of emergency workers. Not only do they have partners with local ambulance services to help pay for the classes and internships, but they are building diversity to better represent the communities it serves. The director says the paramedic program just graduated its most diverse cohort of graduates who are working as first responders, which includes women and those from BIPOC communities. One of the alumnus who is now an instructor says she grew up in Tijuana and always wanted to be a paramedic. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/education/southwestern-college-brings-diversity-emt-paramedic-program/509-591fc881-b936-4f24-8ce1-0bf8020e8906