Sydney Roberts: New ASUC president shares her goals, inspirations

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Sydney Roberts: New ASUC president shares her goals, inspirations

From a young age, I participated in the Los Angeles Women’s March and read Audre Lorde religiously. The summer before my senior year I took part in Girls State, a week-long immersive summer program that teaches 500 young women from different corners of the nation how to govern imitation cities and states.

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