Maria Segura, CMI-Spanish, graduated from FACES Oakland in 2004. Maria shares that her life journey after high school was not an easy one, struggling with the tremendous obstacles that her immigration and low income status created for her. She soon understood that these obstacles were not going to allow her the college journey that she… [Read More]

Khai Dao, FACES Class of 2007, graduated from UC Berkeley in 2012 with a major in Integrative Biology, and is currently preparing for entry into medical school. Khai wishes to ultimately care for under-served communities in Oakland, similar to the one he grew up in. Since June 2013, Khai has volunteered as a Program Intern… [Read More]

Zuhey Coria Lopez, FACES Class of 2008, graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2012 with a BA in sociology, and then received her Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Southern California. She currently works for Animate Consulting in Oakland, CA as a behavioral therapist for autistic children, bringing her… [Read More]

Marquita Foster, FACES Class of 2004, graduated from San Francisco State University in 2009 with a BA in Psychology. For a time, Marquita worked at the Center for the Vulnerable Child at Children’s Hospital where she initially rotated as a FACES scholar and fortified her love of working with children. After college, she was introduced… [Read More]

Leonel Mendoza, M.D. was a member of the graduating FACES Class of 2005. Dr. Mendoza recently received his medical degree at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and will be starting a residency in Internal Medicine at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Life Academy High School in… [Read More]