Balancing work with school can be difficult, but it is often a necessity for many students. But with some extra dedication, students have found that it can be done successfully. Read more...

She slips her sandals off, stretches out a faded green prayer rug, and begins. Though her days at UCLA are numbered, graduating student Sheela Shneezai still finds time to steal away from her busy schedule to kneel beside an ivy-laden wall behind Kerckhoff and give thanks for being taken from a land of violent upheaval to the quiet corners of Westwood. Read more...

Though Obimdinachi Iroezi came to the United States six years ago to attend college, memories of his home country of Nigeria will always remain prominent in his mind. Read more...

At 27 years old, Ernesto Jimenez’s path to the UCLA graduation ceremonies has not been easy. As a first-generation Mexican American and the son of naturalized citizens who came to the United States without documentation, his family background and education distinguish him from most UCLA students. Read more...

Naya Villarreal is a political science student who graduated from UCLA last quarter and has decided to spend her first years out of college in the Caribbean ““ not on vacation, but rather as a member of the Peace Corps. Read more...