Surmounting the longstanding educational and other disparities in our society is a job for all of us. Helping more outstanding students who want to make a difference to acquire a world-class education can reverse this trend directly while empowering them to be agents of constructive, intelligent change that benefits all Americans.
Jazzalyn Livingston is the National Program Director for the One America Movement, and an alumnus of the University of California, San Diego, where she double majored in Psychology and Public Health. As a former Goins Alumni Scholar, she says “I cannot express how much this program did for me during my times as an undergraduate at UCSD. Because of the scholarship, I was able to graduate debt-free and pursue grad school and employment with a national nonprofit organization without financial worries.”