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Dismantling Grind Culture

In this week’s blog, Cassidy Steele, our Graduate Assistant for Engage San Francisco, considers her identity as a first generation graduate student balancing professional and personal life. Keep reading to find out how Cassidy has resisted burnout and grind culture after years of self-reflection. As a first-generation graduate student, I have unknowingly been heavily influenced…

Get to Know Provost Oparah

This story is a reprint from the SF Foghorn highlighting Provost Oparah, her life story, and motivations to make change in the community. The McCarthy Center’s overseeing of community engaged learning focuses our operation directly under the office of the provost. Read more from the SF Foghorn about Oparah, her passions and how she joined…

Black, Latina, and Whole

Camila Mena ’20 reflects in this week’s blog on being Black and being Latina and how her overall life experiences that have made her the person she is today. She joins over 20 students in the MA Urban & Public Affairs program, who graduate next week and will be making their mark in the world…

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