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Voces Criticas ~ Rebecca Covarrubias & #FirstGeneration ~ Sept 28 2017
KZSC Santa Cruz
English - October 12, 2017 05:06 - 21 minutes - 15.6 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNews Arts news art culture interviews kzsc montereybay music pandemicene radio santacruz Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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An interview with Dr. Rebecca Covarrubias, Assistant Professor of Psychology at UCSC and the Director of The Culture & Achievement Collaborative. She is a first generation college student and now faculty member who helped launch UCSC's First Generation Initiative to raise the visibility of the First Generation community at UCSC. We discussed the cultural challenges facing First Generation students. Being a native of Phoenix, we also talked about her reaction to the presidential pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaoi of Phoenix.