Try to picture the Bronx, N.Y. around the year 2000. I was entering third grade at a K-8 public school on the outskirts of a wealthy white neighborhood in the north of the borough. The majority of my teachers were white and were not from New York City. Many of
Author: Jessica Pea
What Mentor Programs Did (and Didn’t) Do For Me
When I applied to Pomona College, I checked off “Hispanic/Latino” as my ethnicity for all of those questions that probe us about our racial identities. The summer before my first year, I got a letter from Chicano/Latino Student Affairs (CLSA) inviting me to a retreat for $35. I thought, “A