10: Your Zip Code Doesn't Define Your Destiny

Zip Code Economies by Ellen J Chan

Aug 27, 201930:58Education

How can you change the narrative when the odds are stacked against you? We wrap up this season of Zip Code Economies back in San Diego, with a look at how education is creating new opportunities for not just students, bu...

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