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, but entire families. As a new generation moves forward as contributors in society, they’re determined to not forget where they came from, while also embracing that zip code doesn’t define their destiny.
Interviewees:
- Katherine Field
- Reality Changers students
- Chanel Bradley
- Jacqueline Guan
- Sara Boquin
- Barrio Logan College Institute students
- Adelita Jasso
- Connie Snowden
Organizations:
- Monarch School
- Reality Changers
- Barrio Logan College Institute
![2 women in a hallway smiling with oversized cards reading: caring and home](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Parents.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly and SF Fed staff member Ellen Chan in a recording session with a community leader by the U.S.-Mexico border fence](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Students.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![12 students from diverse ethnic backgrounds holding oversized cards, reading: family, awesome, awareness, success, beautiful, hope, future, inspire, believe, college, education, comforting](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Interviewing-at-the-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly with 5 community leaders holding oversized cards reading: be (you) tiful, resilient, supportive, diverse, passionate](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Reality-Changers.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Street sign reads: Mexico only, no USA return](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Border-Sign.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Rusted metal fence at U.S.-Mexico border](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/U.S.-Mexico-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Woman smiling with an oversized card reading: freedom](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Freedom-One-Word.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins2.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)