Growing up as an African American male, I have faced many challenges while striving to become a first-generation college student. It is common for people from disadvantaged communities like mine...

I was born in an environment that had boundaries and expectations that felt like limits to my future and my dreams. My community was gasping for air, for life...

California is where it happens. It’s where movie stars are born and where trends are made. The state of easy money in the land of opportunity! At least, that’s what my cousins in Guatemala and El Salvador like to believe...

Growing up in South Los Angeles’s low-income communities, my family has been the victim of burglary and auto theft. Gunshots resonating through our neighborhood was not an uncommon event...

My parents immigrated to the United States to escape the war-torn country of El Salvador and to chase the elusive American dream. Despite the struggles I endured, they shaped me into who I am today...