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Golden Eagles baseball team return to Reeder Field with new faces leading the charge
First baseman Alberto Prado, pitcher Brandon Gutierrez have been recognized with player-of-the-week awards while helping Cal State LA to an 11-5 CCAA record
Cal State LA graduate student Maria Velasco keeps indigenous Mexican language Zapotec alive
The Koreatown resident is working to keep the ancient Oaxacan language relevant through her graduate studies in linguistic anthropology at Cal State LA. Preserving the language, she says, means preserving the culture.
Sal Castro Academy encourages collaboration in training educators to be student-centered advocates
The program benefits educators involved in the creation of Ethnic Studies programs and/or the development of student leaders committed to civic and community engagement and activism.