UCLA Foundation steps in with $5 million for students struggling amid the pandemic
UCLA Foundation steps in with $5 million for students struggling amid the pandemic The UCLA Foundation has announced a $5-million gift for scholarships, COVID-19 emergency support, mental health services and other student needs. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Dec. 21, 2020 6 AM PT As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the Southland, economic hardship hit UCLA senior Jelani Mora and his family like so many others. His mother — the family’s main breadwinner, who with her job as a data entry clerk had supported herself, Mora and his grandmother — was laid off in March a...
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