Nov 16, 2017Free College: Does it really help with retention?Recently, there has been some attention to waiving the cost of tuition for the first year for all first time students across California’s community colleges. California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB19 into law, establishing the California College Promise. This promise will waive enrollment fees for the first academic year…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Aug 9, 2017Top 3 Reasons why CA Community Colleges will begin focusing more on supporting under-served studentsVision for Success: Strengthening the California Community Colleges to Meet California’s Needs is the new strategic plan for the California Community Colleges by its newest Chancellor, Eloy Ortiz Oakley. Vision for Success, is student centered approach focused on helping students reach their defined objective. Whatever that is. The plan is…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Jan 8, 2016Does Race Matter in Education?I have been following Assembly Bill 176 since its inception early last year. Eager to track how the bill passed through the legislature, watching how its support grew, all with the hopes that it would get approved and signed into law before the end of 2015. Assembly Bill 176, or…Asian American3 min readAsian American3 min read
Dec 5, 2015“You are so Pretty”Today at a holiday event at work, I was introduced to a colleague as the ‘prettiest girl in the research office’. I didn’t know how to respond to that. I kindly smiled and said ‘thank you’ and walked away. I wrestled between feelings of content as if I just received…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
