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Angélica Salceda is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at ACLU of Northern California, sponsored by Fenwick & West. She spearheads a project dedicated to eliminating barriers to education that impact the lives of pregnant and parenting students in the California San Joaquin Valley.
Pregnant and parenting students face significant socioeconomic and educational barriers that make it difficult to complete their education. In California, 70% of teen girls who become pregnant drop out of school. Research shows that most pregnant and parenting students want to complete their education, but unfortunately, they lack crucial support for themselves and their children.
This unique population of students experiences “push out” problems at schools that marginalize them and rob them of the educational opportunities they are entitled to receive. An overwhelming majority of pregnant and parenting teens are low-income youth of color who face additional barriers to achieving educational equity. With the sponsorship of Fenwick & West, Angélica works tirelessly to identify and eliminate educational barriers faced by teen parents like Talia.
Click here to read Talia's story on the ACLU of Northern California blog.
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