STUDENTS
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Diana Handl Choi
Business and Public Policy
My mother is undergoing chemotherapy. My immigrant father who provides for 5, is working in construction. While I watch my father and mother struggle, I am fighting for social justice and maintaining a 4.0 gpa’
Need Level
3.0/5
Merit Level
4.5/5

Wyatt Jones
General Studies
Since COVID started my mom has been laid off and my dad only works 3 days out of the week
Need Level
3.0/5
Merit Level
4.4/5

Amy Zhao
Public Policy
"Since USC does not guarantee housing for upperclassmen, and with the lack of affordable housing options available, I was pressured to sign a lease I knew I may not be able to afford."
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.3/5

Emily Udel
Creative Writing
I have become a horde of poetry that sleeplessly pours out of me in the small hours of the night, of the lyrics behind songs without melodies, of novels whose endings I am eager to pen down.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.5/5

Yolanda Rice
Political science
" I am solely dependent on my mother whom I am currently living with. Her only income for the past six years now is from her disability insurance. "
Need Level
3.7/5
Merit Level
4.3/5

Lucia Ortega
Molecular Cellular Biology
" I moved halfway around the world, from a busy city of Fuzhou, China, to a small town of Niskayuna in upstate New York. "
Need Level
3.1/5
Merit Level
4.1/5

Elena Fernandez
International Relations
" Instead of letting my family and conversion therapy lead me into a horrible path, I fought for myself to reach higher education, because I knew I needed a way out. "
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Herold Price
Law
“My career goal is to become a civil rights attorney”...”My heart hurts when I think about the killing of all the unarmed black men in this country without any justice being served to those held accountable.”
Need Level
3.2/5
Merit Level
4.3/5

Reina Gomez
Economics
" Despite the financial difficulties, despite being a first-generation student, and despite being a woman of color, I will never give up on this goal. "
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Jackie Murphy
Social Worker
"My parents were working as farmers on the paddy field, each earning $1 for every 8 hours of work. As a family of five, that meant we were living on $60 a month."
Need Level
4.7/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Maya Bennett
Film and Television Production
" My single "Scrutiny" was showcased on Joe Budden's podcast in August on 2019 and currently has 600k+ listens on streaming networks under my stage name "Christian Kamaal". "
Need Level
4.2/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Melanie Johnson
Political Science
I faced fierce economic instability for a total of 4 years. Without truly understanding how or why, I was being displaced from my childhood home and parts of my family.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Noah Barnes
Cinematic Arts & Media Studies
" I can’t express the gratitude and the hardship this would relieve for myself and my two beautiful children! "
Need Level
5.0/5
Merit Level
4.9/5

Savannah Blanco
Data Science
" So I would skip meals and not pay for lunch ‘It will be worth it’ — I just had a hunch. Every little dollar, every little cent I saved it for my education with every intent "
Need Level
3.2/5
Merit Level
4.4/5

Liliana Alvarez
Accounting
" Dance allowed me to express my feelings; every practice heightened my passion for my Mexican roots and respect for its cultural values. "
Need Level
3.3/5
Merit Level
4.0/5