Berkeley

As a sociology major at the University of California, Berkeley, I studied multiple concepts of society. Although I was studying a softer science, I learned that the well-known physics law “every action has a reaction” is true in relation to societal cause and effect.

Rosevelt Jones never imagined he’d ever have a job. He thought himself destined for a hard life on the streets of Oakland and in and out of jail. That changed when Jones found Waterside Workshops about six years ago, a nonprofit that controls a few small businesses it uses to train and employ troubled Bay Area youth.