I remember at least once going to apply for an emergency loan on campus. I held my head down in shame.
is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and an adjunct professor and lives in Chula Vista.
, a small cultural center on campus where many of us from inner-city Chicago hung out. Many of us were first-time college students. Many of our parents were immigrants, primarily Spanish speakers who were unable to help us financially.Some of the students were working on personal essays to submit with applications for the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund. I had never heard of it.
I remember at least once going to apply for an emergency loan on campus. I held my head down in shame at the business window and made as little eye contact as possible while filling out that application.
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