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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 and still hasn’t found work. The family is struggling to make ends meet with unemployment insurance and Mora’s part-time income as a mentor for underserved high school students.