Professor of molecular pharmacology and toxicology at USC
Professor of molecular pharmacology and toxicology at USC and director of USC STAR, a mentoring program for students at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School in East LA.
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Roberta Brinton
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FROM Roberta Brinton
Which Way, L.A.?
A Mentoring Program Helps East LA Kids Shoot for the Stars LA Unified has an extraordinary drop-out rate, especially among black and Latino students. Fewer than half get past the 9th grade. But the Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School in East LA is an exception. Although 75% of the students’ families fall below the poverty line—100% make it through high school, and go on to college.
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