Thread by @BermudezWrites

I attended @CypressCollege. I was headed to @csuf along w/ so many fellow Latinos when a professor, last minute, steered me over to @USC. I often wonder, with a sense of guilt, whether the @latimes would have taken a chance on me if I’d graduated from a Cal State #SomosLAT

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/1285620358989729792

At @USC, I had no connections, no way to land a job, but meeting with an @latimes recruiter was part of our J school’s process. I kept that recruiter’s name like a jewel inside my pocket. He never helped me w/ a job, but having met him gave me confidence, a sense of hope.

Every aspiring Latino & Black journalism student in California who admires the @latimes deserves a fair chance to compete for a spot at the @latimes — a path based on hard work, life experience and a true love for journalism. Not big school names.