By Vanessa Rancaño, KALW/Crosscurrents
Sadia Kahn ended up at UC Berkeley because of a look her dad gave her.
When she was in middle school, she told him she wanted to go to Berkeley because she had noticed adults perked up when they heard the word, but in this case it backfired.
“He had the saddest look in his eye,” Kahn recalls. “I think he felt guilty. He knew that was something we couldn’t afford.”
Attending a university in California can be a financial burden beyond the means of many college hopefuls. Rising tuition is compounded by the lack of affordable housing in the state and the high cost of living.
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