November 3, 2015 –   Former Associate Director, Brianne Wade, and Former Governing Board Chair, Ricardo Galvez ’16

Sabrina Enriquez ’17 October 25, 2015 – Undergraduate Student Government Residential Senator Sabrina Enriquez is working on a resource guide for prospective and continuing students who are undocumented immigrants, which she hopes to release on USG’s website before Thanksgiving break. In June, Enriquez attended the National Conference…

A newly recognized organization on campus, the Central American Network, is seeking to provide unity, academic help, personal support and, most importantly, a space for students to unapologetically be themselves. “Essentially, the mission statement of CAN is to empower the Central American community on- and off-campus by bringing…

Maria Jose “MJ” Plascencia ’16 August 21, 2015 – Starting college can be a whirlwind of new experiences for most freshmen and their families. For those who are the first in their families to attend college, it holds tremendous significance…

Oralia “Lulu” Catalan ’18 June 16, 2015 – Oralia Catalan used to live in a makeshift home under a bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area. Catalan, her five siblings and her parents washed their clothes and bathed in a nearby river. During the winters, the family lived in a car purchased with the little income they had made before …

Joshua Ramirez ’15 May 7, 2015 –   hen Joshua Ramirez was in middle school, teachers didn’t understand his learning disabilities. An avid reader, he had trouble with other skills, such as counting money. Teachers made him sit by himself in the classroom and considered him a lost cause. So how did this stigmatized boy turn into the accomplished artist …

Oralia “Lulu” Catalan ’15 April 22, 2015 –   Home for Oralia Catalan used to be a makeshift house under a bridge in the North Bay. She bathed in the nearby river and did homework by candlelight. Often, she and her siblings would take home extra milk and fruits from their school lunches to eat for dinner. This was her …

Adrian Trinidad ’15, MJ Plascencia ’16, Felicitas Reyes ’17, Eunice Velarde ’10, Jasmine Torres ’14, Debbie Rumbo ’13. Adrian Trinidad was in third grade at an inner city Los Angeles elementary school when a chance encounter during a school trip to USC changed the course of his life. A student gave the young boy a bookmark for the Norman Topping …

Marco Valadez ’14 October 24, 2014 –   Every year about 3 million students graduate from high school in the United States — and only about 50,000 will have the qualifications to begin their academic careers at one of the country’s top 30 private research universities. These are schools that not only teach, but also inspire scientific innovation, social progress …

Oscar de los Santos ’15 April 23, 2014 –   Oscar De Los Santos recalled lunching with President Barack Obama at a café near the White House. Both ordered hamburgers and french fries, Santos going with a strawberry milkshake while the president enjoyed a chocolate shake. Santos, a junior political science major, an incoming freshman…