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Not Broken: The Struggle it  took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Not Broken: The Struggle it took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Released Wednesday, 16th November 2022
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Not Broken: The Struggle it  took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Not Broken: The Struggle it took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Not Broken: The Struggle it  took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Not Broken: The Struggle it took to go from the Hood to Harvard with Jesse Leon

Wednesday, 16th November 2022
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Wine: Crémant de Loire, Sparkling Cabernet FrancThank you WetStone Wine Bar for hosting Jesse and I during this recordingBIO:Jesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations and investors on ways to address issues of substance abuse/addiction, affordable housing, and mental health. He is a native English and Spanish speaker and fluent in Portuguese. He is an alum of UC Berkeley and Harvard and based in San Diego.Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. Overlooked by state-sanctioned institutions and systems intended to help victims of abuse, neglected like many other low-income Latinos, Jesse spiraled into cycles of suicide and substance abuse.More infoInstagramLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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