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Alicia Martinez is one of Y2L’s  scholarship recipients from last summer. She is a South High School graduate who now attends UC Irvine.

When asked how the Y2L scholarship helped during her freshman year, she said, “This scholarship along with the Chancellors for Excellence scholarship has helped me not have to worry about paying for college”.

Martinez also gives her roommates, friends, and professors credit for helping her pass all of her freshman quarter classes. UC Irvine is on a quarter system where a student spends 10 weeks in a class and it can be very fast paced. As a Psychological Science major, which is still a fairly new major at UCI, it was the best fit for her because it will open more doors for her future career as a mental health therapist.