What Pacific Political Science Major Ty-Licia Hooker Did On Her Summer Vacation

Majoring in fresh starts | Recordnet.com
Pacific’s mission is to prepare responsible leaders.  Here is an example of what we mean by responsible leadership:

STOCKTON – Ty-Licia Hooker and Raymond Zulueta stood last week just outside a sweltering second-story University of the Pacific classroom filled with 30 teenagers who brimmed with a precious resource too often in short supply:

Hope.

Hooker, a 19-year-old Pacific junior-to-be, is one of the co-founders of Success Summer Academy at the university. Zulueta, a 20-year-old Pacific junior, is the academy’s director.

Both overcame steep obstacles to reach the university. Both are spending this summer guiding a program aimed at clearing the crooked path to college for high school students who face today what Hooker and Zulueta faced a short time ago.

“I want to be that light to these kids,” Hooker said.

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