( 2023 Las Primeras Gala and Scholarship event)....It was held recently at the Old Eucalyptus School House in El Centro.

The event raised funds for scholarships, and they recognized and honored three prominent citizens in Imperial County. This year's Las Primeras honorees included Diahna Garcia Ruiz, a member of the Central Union High School Board of Trustees, and President of Proyecto Heber. Doctor Guillermina G. Nunez-Mchiri, a dean at San Diego State University in the Imperial Valley, and Hortencia Armendariz, recently retired after 37 years with the Calexico Unified School District. For 20 years she led the coordination of the Calexico Family Resource Center and Student Services. She is currently on the California Community College Board of Trustees at the state level, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees at Imperial Valley College.