For more SRA student stories, visit https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/category/students-rising-above/ VALLEJO (CBS SF) — For Lucy Lopez, art is an escape and a calling. But it’s also a career choice the 19-year-old UC Merced student says she was discouraged from making. “‘It’s not a …
Dear Community, Black Trans Lives Matter. About the Art Even within the black lives movement, there are going to be groups of people excluded. Black trans women are purposefully invisible because they are killed at a disproportionate rate every year …
For more SRA student stories, visit cbsSF.com/sra RICHMOND (CBS SF) — Losing a parent is one of the most traumatic events anyone will ever go through. So when Cynthia Ramirez-Parra saw her mother be hospitalized, she turned to what some …
For more SRA student stories, visit cbsSF.com/sra SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Like many high school seniors, San Francisco student Samir Hooker is finishing his last year virtually, studying at home due to COVID-19, while applying to colleges. “My long dream, …
For more SRA student stories, visit cbsSF.com/sra SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping most students isolated from their social support systems, many now need a creative and constructive way to express their feelings about current events. …
Students Rising Above Senior Director of Program Strategy and SRA Alum Lorna Contreras-Townsend Joins Gap, Inc. Equality & Belonging Team Driving Systemic Change For A More Equitable and Inclusive Society For All SAN FRANCISCO, CA – November 13, …
For more SRA student stories, visit cbsSF.com/sra OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Teaching is a tough job even in the best of times, but with Covid-19, its challenges can seem overwhelming. Oakland middle school teacher Jasmine Mack understands this all too well. School …
Students Rising Above is pleased to announced the continuing support from The Golden State Warriors. The Warriors Community Foundation will donate $1.825 million in grants this season to fifty-three Bay Area nonprofits, including Students Rising Above. The Warriors Community Foundation …
Dear Community, Performative Activism Has Got to Stop. Intro: We are living in a time of civil unrest. Black people are getting murdered because of the color of their skin in broad daylight. Black people are dying at the hands …
For more SRA student stories, visit cbsSF.com/sra SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — While Students Rising Above scholars are well known to be successful in school and beyond, some have hidden talents. Such was the case for Jenny Hoang who, it turns …