My Path to Academia Was a Hollywood Story, but It Shouldn't Take Miracles

March 21, 2023

Author and USCF professor Stacy Torres at age eight, "playing office" at the workplace of a family member.The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Stacy Torres, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate, about her journey to becoming a professor, reflections on her first gen, working-class background, and the growing hurdles for students underrepresented in academe who wish to follow a similar path.