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Street life : poverty, gangs, and a Ph.D. / Victor Rios.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rios, Victor M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rios, Victor M.
- Mexican American college teachers--Biography.
- Mexican American college teachers.
- Juvenile delinquents--California--Oakland--Biography.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- California--Oakland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 117 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- California : Five Rivers Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- The author discusses the adversity he encountered growing up poor, fatherless, in a gang, incarcerated, dropped-out, and without hope. He reflects on his own personal transformation and discusses how his success of returning to school and acquiring a Ph.D. can be replicated by young people with the support of teachers, mentors, and parents.
- ISBN:
- 9781453832691
- 1453832696
- OCLC:
- 757759930
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