The Kid Who Didn’t Like Public Speaking: Cipriano Vargas Details His Journey from Son of a Fieldworker to Vista Unified School Board Member

By Melanie Slone In his first semester as Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM), Cipriano Vargas had a 1.9 GPA. “I was put on academic probation,” he remembers. “It felt like a big failure to be the first in my family…








