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Yulissa Chavez leans against a wall on campus wearing a red dress and commencement stole.

Fighting from Within

February 8, 2022 by Crystal Le

A Q&A with 2020 Diehl Prize winner and public school teacher Yulissa Chavez. A child of immigrants who had no formal education, Chavez has long been passionate about public education and combatting systems of oppression and poverty.

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