In this episode, we feature the voice of Anthony Rodriguez who is an 8th grade English and Math educator at Marshall Elementary and works with the Summer Success Leadership Academy in leading the mentor training program. Anthony shares his passion for teaching and empowering youth to understand and embrace the socio-economic construct of Stockton’s economic apartheid and to break out of that setup to write their own life stories.Delve deeper into Voices of the Community Series on Arts & Culture,

Making the Invisible-Visible, Covid-19's impact on nonprofits, small

businesses and local government, City of Stockton's rise from the ashes

of bankruptcy and our archives: You can explore episodes, speakers,

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