Berkley Center

One common value held by people in America is the desire to succeed. Alexis de Tocqueville noted more than 150 years ago, “Americans are taught from birth that they must overcome life’s woes and impediments on their own.” Success takes on diverse…

America is not the country in which we live, but rather a story we tell ourselves about ourselves. As Americans, we are bound by a set of communal values, independence embodied by the self-made man and a belief that this nation is exceptional…

After college, I volunteered for a nonprofit dedicated to empowering inner city youth in San Francisco. I translated documents into Spanish, which teachers would utilize to educate Spanish-speaking parents about higher education opportunities…