Results tagged “college” from Bay Voices

More people who have lost their jobs during the financial crisis have decided to do volunteer work at the local youth organization 7 Tepees--but will they stay? Maria Krogshede reports from the Mission District.
When Araceli Leon, 17, was a young girl, she wasn’t sure just where in her life her Latino heritage fit in, and feeling lost she searched for where she belonged. Fortunately for Leon, her father Jose Leon, the youth program director at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, helped guide her. Melissa Dudum-Maya and Laura Sullivan report from the Mission District.
Stewart has been playing basketball since he was 5 years old in his hometown of San Francisco. Stewart likes to play basketball “because it keeps you out of the street and it’s fun.” The younger player is Dominic Stewart. He is a 17-year-old in the 12th grade. He has played basketball since he was 5 years old. D-Stewart said “I thank my older brother for helping me in my life.” Jevontea Branner reports from Potrero Hill.
When you are in high school getting ready to go out in the world you have to make a lot of hard decisions that you will have to live with for the rest of your life. One of the hard decisions that you will have to make is if you want to go to college and if so, what college do you want to go to. Ayesha Reese reports from Potrero Hill.
Despite growing enrollments, San Francisco State University's College of Ethnic Studies is bracing for the worst because of statewide budget cuts. Maria DeLorenzo reports from San Francisco State University.

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