Cal State L.A. to honor Dionicio Morales at graduation ceremony Friday

Dionicio Morales, founder and former president of the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation, the nation’s largest Latino-serving social service organization, will receive an honorary doctorate from the California State University Board of Trustees at Cal State L.A.’s 61st Commencement Friday. The ceremony begins at 5 p.m. in the University Athletic Stadium.

Helping children and families in need since 1963 and spanning over seven counties, MAOF provides services to more than 100,000 Californians, 95 percent of whom have a low to moderate income. MAOF’s programs include child care and development, resource and referral, alternative payment programs, senior and disabled services, welfare-to-work employment services, youth programs, a food bank, and financial-literacy and computer-literacy education.”*

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