One day my house mother walked in on me while I was getting dressed and remarked upon my dark complexion. However, she overcame many of these barriers and went on to become the president of her house. During her college years at Berkeley, Gloria hardly had any contact with other Chicano students. They never did anything together. In fact, she doesn't recall ever learning their names.
School is the tool to open up the world.
It opens your eyes. She enjoyed the stimulating intellectual challenges at the University of California. This, she explains, is the most important thing emerging scholars can take away from their university experience. Gloria's main influence in attending college was a high school English teacher. She encouraged me to continue to go to school.