Education Equity | Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

My Summer Internship: A Leap of Faith

Soli Martin-Abascal ’24, a University of Delaware Biden Institute student and Equity Intern shares her unexpected and transformative experience in San Francisco this past year. Despite initially aiming for a different internship, she found herself assisting students with limited English proficiency. Through this experience, she discovered the power of genuine communication and the unexpected rewards…

Bilingual Education: A Celebration of Personal and Linguistic Identity

In this week’s captivating blog, we embark on a fascinating journey through the vibrant world of bilingual education, as seen through the eyes of USF’s very own Kathy Siu. Her transformative internship with the McCarthy Center has provided us with an exclusive backstage pass to the thrilling rollercoaster of obstacles and soaring triumphs that come…

Rebuilding in the Classroom

In this week’s blog, we celebrate Engage San Francisco Literacy’s 2021-2022 Year-end Report with key highlights, assessments and evaluations, key partner feedback, tutor surveys, and future goals. Read more about the challenges the program overcame to build relationships and connections again after returning from online learning. After returning from a period of COVID-19 restrictions, Engage…

Educate Yourself

This week’s blog is from the The Future Issue of the USF Magazine in the feature, How Do We Create An Anti Racist Future? A contributor to this piece is Jada Curry (’22), an Engage San Francisco Literacy Tutor and the current Board Secretary for our partner, the New Community Leadership Foundation. Read on for…