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PROFILE
Pomona, WesternU
influenced College of
Optometry student
“Students get glasses Ibarra said that while he was attending UC
free of charge, and Riverside, he was caught between health
they are families that professions, and was shadowing multiple health
are income-qualified professionals: pharmacists, dentists, physicians and
to receive this optometrists.
benefit,” Remick-
Waltman said. “The “I’m very fortunate to have found optometry,” he
school district has said. “It was an easy choice once I shadowed an
nurses refer students optometrist, because of the amount of time they
here, and WesternU spend with their patients, making the doctor-
College of Optometry patient connection more personal. It suits me
staffs it. It’s a great better than a short exam that doesn’t really allow
community effort, or you to get to know your patient. It’s more of a
more of a triangle personal preference.”
partnership, between Ibarra said WesternU was an easy choice because he
Pomona Host Lions Club, the school district and wanted to stay in Pomona and be part of what the
WesternU, and I university is doing
think that’s what with community
makes it so unique.” outreach.
Ibarra was born in “It’s pretty awesome
Los Angeles and came to give back to
to Pomona in second Pomona Unified
grade, stayed in the and to the
community through community I grew
middle school, and up in,” he said. “It’s
attended what was nice to help a child
then called Palomares and expose them to
Middle School. He optometry. That
moved to Beaumont, exposure could
graduated from potentially be influential to him or her in the
Beaumont High School, and received his bachelor’s future. And who knows? Maybe they will follow the
degree in biology at UC Riverside. same path I did.” – Jeff Malet
WesternU View Spring 2015 17
Pomona, WesternU
influenced College of
Optometry student
“Students get glasses Ibarra said that while he was attending UC
free of charge, and Riverside, he was caught between health
they are families that professions, and was shadowing multiple health
are income-qualified professionals: pharmacists, dentists, physicians and
to receive this optometrists.
benefit,” Remick-
Waltman said. “The “I’m very fortunate to have found optometry,” he
school district has said. “It was an easy choice once I shadowed an
nurses refer students optometrist, because of the amount of time they
here, and WesternU spend with their patients, making the doctor-
College of Optometry patient connection more personal. It suits me
staffs it. It’s a great better than a short exam that doesn’t really allow
community effort, or you to get to know your patient. It’s more of a
more of a triangle personal preference.”
partnership, between Ibarra said WesternU was an easy choice because he
Pomona Host Lions Club, the school district and wanted to stay in Pomona and be part of what the
WesternU, and I university is doing
think that’s what with community
makes it so unique.” outreach.
Ibarra was born in “It’s pretty awesome
Los Angeles and came to give back to
to Pomona in second Pomona Unified
grade, stayed in the and to the
community through community I grew
middle school, and up in,” he said. “It’s
attended what was nice to help a child
then called Palomares and expose them to
Middle School. He optometry. That
moved to Beaumont, exposure could
graduated from potentially be influential to him or her in the
Beaumont High School, and received his bachelor’s future. And who knows? Maybe they will follow the
degree in biology at UC Riverside. same path I did.” – Jeff Malet
WesternU View Spring 2015 17
