THE VALLEY COLLEGE CONNECTION PODCAST
BE INSPIRED!
JOSE ARRIETA, PROFESSOR OF CHICANO STUDIES
How does a ten-year-old boy running the streets of LA homeless find his way to become a professor at LAVC? Listen to the Valley College Connection Podcast and be inspired.
Producer/Engineer Lisa Darrow
4:45 – Being exploited as a child by local merchants.
9:11 – Running away from home at ten years old.
14:52 – Drive by shootings and violence in high school.
21:23 – Getting serious in college after academic probation.
24:57 – Being mentored by a special Chicano Studies professor.
26:46 – Going to school while being married and paying the bills.
27:49 – Finding professors to advocate for you.
30:38 – A lifelong relationship with your mentor.
36:31 – Opportunities created by a degree in Chicano Studies.
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