Emily Margaretten

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Yessenia Cervantes, 34, holds her youngest daughter, Issabella Cervantes, at California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside on June 17, 2022. “I can’t forget that I’m a mom before anything else,” Cervantes, who recently graduated with an associate’s degree from Riverside City College, said. “I know that I’m working towards something bigger—for my children’s future.” Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
The pandemic taught Omar Zintan Mwinila-Yuori, a senior at Pomona College in Claremont, the value of friendships.
Jesse Driskill is photographed outside his home in San Francisco on Apr. 7, 2022. Driskill left City College of San Francisco and is now attending a for-profit coding academy. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters