Ryan is stoked to be in San Diego! He’s coming to the area from Sacramento. So, he only had to shuffle his area codes around a little bit, trading the 916 for the 619.
“I actually have some classmates that do commute every single day across the border,” said San Diego City College student Angie Mendoza. “And some of those students are doing 12 units or more. And just them having to work and then stay here all day long and sometimes even go back because they forgot a book or two, and then try to commute, makes it very difficult for them.”
The bill introduced by local Assemblymember David Alvarez creates a five-year pilot program in which low-income Mexican residents who live within 45 miles of the border pay in-state tuition at certain community colleges in California.“Giving students access to California resident cost of tuition is a huge, huge thing.
“And working in outreach, I especially see it when you’re in the communities. ‘Well, I don’t think I can go to school there because I’m not a California resident. I live across the border,’” Menchaca said. “So, they don’t have to stress about coming up with thousands and thousands of dollars in order to just go to school to better themselves, to be a more marketable professional.”
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