Rachel Emmer stood out in a group of 53 being trained to be tutors for the Central Valley Communities for Children AmeriCorps Program on Nov. 3. She received her B.A. in Theater and Film from UCLA almost five years ago. Emmer had a job in her chosen profession doing lighting and set decoration for a Los Angeles sound studio which produced segments for MTV. She gave it all up and instead was sworn in to do a year's worth of tutoring and community service with AmeriCorps, operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools in Bakersfield. "I felt like I wasn't happy and wanted to do something more," Emmer said. "AmeriCorps planted the seed and now my urge to do something for the community is being realized. Tutoring is more than helping children to read and write, it's passing along the joys of schooling which will stay with them beyond their education." More