For TAAP Scholars John Lam and Alishba Sardar, lived experiences as students from nontraditional backgrounds shaped their commitments to help formerly incarcerated and foster youth students.
BERKELEY, Calif. UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to live.