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The Power of Possibility: Overcoming Adversity Through Higher Education for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

The Power of Possibility: Overcoming Adversity Through Higher Education for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

by hcervan1 | May 2, 2023 | News

In this article, Shawn Khalifa, Communications Coordinator for the UCI Underground Scholars Program, narrates how the power of education helped him discover his potential and changed his life. Told in the third-person, Shawn recounts how he overcame a difficult...
Everything You Need to Know About the UCI Underground Scholars Program

Everything You Need to Know About the UCI Underground Scholars Program

by hcervan1 | Aug 4, 2022 | News

Hector Cervantes (second from the right) and Underground Scholars staff accompanying UCI students on their legislative visit to Sacramento in 2022. In 2018, Hector Cervantes launched the Underground Scholars Initiative at the University of California, Irvine (USI at...

UCI Underground Scholars Program

The UCI Underground Scholars Program provides recruitment, retention, and advocacy support services to incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and system impacted students.

Hector Cervantes
Director
Underground Scholars Program
(949) 824-1498
hcervan1@uci.edu
Underground Scholars
1002 Student Services II
Irvine, CA 92697-5125
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Diana Greer M.ED.
Program Coordinator
t: (949) 824-6728
djgreer@uci.edu
Underground Scholars
1002 Student Services II
Irvine, CA 92697-5125
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