Eric is a student at UC Berkeley, majoring in legal studies. Coming from an immigrant low-income household, he has witnessed and experienced the struggles of the immigrant community with language barriers and accessing institutional support.
In Eric's freshmen year in 2022, he joined the Racial Justice Now! organization as the UC Berkeley coordinated where he advocated for the Opportunity for All campaign through tabling, organizing rallies, giving public comments, and Op-Eds, which collectively with the other UC campus coordinators, pushed the UC regents to pass employment opportunities for undocumented students.
As a part of the Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship, Eric interned at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, where he was part of researching and developing the language access policy for the department so LEP (limited English proficiency) individuals are still able to access the resources provided by the department. As a part of the Wells Fargo and Entrepreneurship Scholarship program, Eric and his research partner, Joselen Contreras, interviewed community members and small business owners in San Francisco Chinatown on the issues they face post-pandemic.
Eric looks forward to continuing to advocate for the voices of minority and marginalized populations, and learn about the intersectional barriers such as environmental justice, health and wellbeing that intersect with race-based societal issues.
Major(s): Political Economy
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