by hcervan1 | Mar 2, 2022 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
“Underground Scholars does more than provide a support community to formerly incarcerated students on campus. They work to educate the campus community about the perspectives of and challenges faced by formerly incarcerated students, mobilize to overcome barriers to...
by hcervan1 | Mar 2, 2022 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
“Underground Scholars provides a critical voice and support for our students here are UCI who are formerly justice-system-involved.” Katie Tinto, Professor, UCI Law School
by hcervan1 | Feb 23, 2022 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
“As I awaited my decision from UCI’s admissions office in 2018, I received my second DUI and was jailed multiple times for fighting, public intoxication, and disturbing the peace. As a result, I began part of my first quarter at UCI on house arrest and spent...
by hcervan1 | Jan 18, 2022 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
“UC Irvine was a totally different encounter from my community college experience. Honestly, it has its pros and cons but just the simple fact that I had gotten as far as I did makes me appreciate the campus a lot more. My experience at UC Irvine turned phenomenally...
by hcervan1 | Dec 1, 2020 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
As a first-generation Chicano on my father’s side and second on my mother’s side, I was raised between two cultures. My parents met in Mexico City and when they came over to the states, my father began his journey employed as a gardener while he and my mother lived...
by hcervan1 | Dec 1, 2020 | From Current and Past Students and Faculty
I came from a nice middle-class family. In 1969 we moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. We were one of two LatinX families on our street. At 10 years old everything changed when my mother died. My only sibling (my sister) moved out 2 years later, and my...
