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would've loved to have mental health and wellness services available to my family, parents, siblings...my entire community

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I was dropped off at school in the first grade. After that, I caught the school bus until 5th grade. I walked to school after moving back home with my mom. Walking to school made things easier, even though it wasn't that safe. Later, I walked to the middle school, as it was located on the corner of my street. Afterwards, I caught the public bus to high school.

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Disproportional environmental, residential and infastrucural investments creates unequal racialized results. “Race blind” policies and plans that promote unaffordability and replace-based construction situate marginalized communities into poorer environmental conditions (prone to pollution, urban heat island effect, more medical hazards, etc).

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Because of my background - white, middle class, dual-income family - I had access to good public schools, sports and other extra curricular activities, parks nearby, whereas other neighborhoods didn't have the same quality of resources

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Everyone but my generation spoke spanish the parents were told not to teach us.

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That there were privileges I was born with that benefited my education and relationships

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Raised in a small rural town in the central valley, CA. Everybody knew everybody. My teachers were often ones who had my sister before me, or knew my family in some way.

Spent my early education in an apartment, and in middle school my mom bought our home.

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Most resources were limited because of the location not only the town, but my home. Going to the grocery store was a 1x/month event. Money was also tight.

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I can't recall resources we had in elementary school as it was a very underfunded school. But mainly the community coming together to help in anyway possible.

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This reflection helped me understand a notion I had already begun to notice when I was younger, that my upbringing was incredibly geared towards me based on my privilege. While I can acknowledge that my privilege exists, there is also the understanding I have that I may not even fully understand it from a surface level observation.

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I grew up in a neighborhood in Detroit that has since been razed due to urban renewal. It was off the Davidson freeway that connected Highland Park to the west side of the city. My community was poor to lower-middle-class. Due to its location, my mom sent me to live with my grandfather for my formative years, from 1st to 4th grade.

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I was very privileged - white, middle class, English-speaking. Didn't always have the same resources ($) as some of my friends but never had to struggle with basic resources

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my family has always been low income, no matter the years of labor their pay has stayed the same. They work HELLA hard because they feel they have to earn being here---and they receive so little. (love, care, support, resources, etc)

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We took the bus until it stopped running. One of my grandparents took us after that.

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being from a small town, I had a lot of family support. Would spend evenings at my grandpas house after school and would study or do homework there.

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I am mixed (White and Filipino), but I am very white passing, and my parents never faced too much financial or social struggle while raising my brother and me. Acknowledging this, I personally felt opened more doors for me than it may have for other people.

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Transportation was driving or bus rides. My dad would do drop off in the morning and in the afternoon my mom or aunty would pick us up going on the muni.

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I grew up on a property outside of a very small town. School was also very small two teachers per grade level.

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I was lower middle class in a school system that had a wide array of economic status'. My friend group was mostly upper middle income or high income. I was also often the only Black girl in most spaces - felt a level of needing to be the exception or represent for my race.

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I had no resources as far as education went. Having a stable homelife would have been a start.

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while i was in elementary and middle school, my parents took time out of their morning to drop me off, and they were often late. as a kid i didnt understand how it couldve affected them, but as i grew, i realized how much they sacrificed for me. my mom would use her work car to drop me off and pick me up, even if it was on her lunch break. i would sometimes have to be dropped off with my dad at his job or wait for him to pick me up so that i could wait with him until he got off of work. i was so used to this that i knew a lot of their coworkers and i would have to sometimes wait in the break room or public areas for them to finish or have a bit of spare time to drop me off. although it seems like a lot, i am grateful they did that for me.

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Despite having privilege, I struggled a lot as the only black student in my environment. I was treated differently by my classmates and teachers.

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my parents were teachers so they helped make sure I was successful in school. very close ties to teachers and students at the schools I went to, and the larger community. I always had adults checking in on me because they knew my family

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after school programs were the greatest resource for my sblings and I who used these spaces as coping resources.

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I had a lot of resources available to me during my schooling days, which I am aware I am quite privileged for being able to experience. My parents support both my educational interests as well as extracurricular activities in the school band.

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I am born and raise here in San Francisco growing up I lived in many neighborhoods that looked very different. I mainly grew up in the excelsior District. Classroom looked different as I transition. from being in a classroom with teachers and classmates that were from the same area. As far as getting to school I always had both of my parents drive and picking me up.

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I was part of the first school bussing system here in SF. It was implemented to integrate the white schools in the avenues with black and brown children. If i missed the bus I usually had to jump on the 23 Monterey and ride the full hour that it took. If I missed that bus I used to get my ass beat so I tried not missing it.

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I went to a private school for native hawaiian children so there were a lot of amazing resources and support systems readily available to us. Very blessed.

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The Salazar reading from last week really hit home, felt like more of my classmates could have graduated and at least had a chance to have a little bit of agency. If, the admins and teachers were able to step back and have some understanding and actually teach according to the class in front of them.

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I had a lot of resources as a child, my family was very supportive. I frequently went to tutoring for math.

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I didn't realize my privilege until much later in life. Having grown up in a primarily white community I didn't know much else

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I rode the school bus to school everyday. Because I lived far, the school left the bus stop to head to the school at 6am. This was a challange because I had really long days from K-12th grade, around 11 hours, we typically returned around 5pm to the same bus stop at the end of the day.

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Even through I grew up very poor, my whiteness made my poverty more sympathetic--which made access to help and resources easier

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I walked to school every day, even in the rain. My mom did not have a car or could not drive, so we walked to school from K-12. We lived close to each grade level school so that was cool, but it wasn't always great. THE RAIN was too much, we would get so soaked !! TBH, I forgot about these days.

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My mom would drive my brother and me to school most days throughout all of elementary school. But by age 12, we gained the independence to take public transportation both to school and home.

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There were many resources available in terms of education (books, computers, etc), not a lot of resources for students who were struggling at home

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I grew up working class at times, and at others homeless.

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got a ride from one of my parents or a neighbor. walked home to a friend's house after school and hung out there until my parents could pick me up after work.

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My school was always close to me, either a 13 minute walk or 4 minute drive

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I grew up in Makakilo, HI. My neighborhood was very small and close-knit, not much happened there. There was only one convenience store, a dentist office, and three churches. I went to school far from my house, about 45 minutes away. The school I went to was for native hawaiian students so I was very lucky to attend a school where I was learning and practicing my language and culture everyday.

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I grew up in the Marina, a more privileged area of San Francisco, where most of my neighbors were boastful professionals in the business world. My family, as well, has a privileged background. Because my dad was a socially reclusive doctor rather than a boastful businessman, we were looked down upon by our neighbors and the neighborhood. Because of my upbringing in this neighborhood, most of my education was spent in private, college-preparatory schools.

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Throughout school I would get dropped off by my parent/sister. I had a hard time waking up in the morning/being excited for school, so car rides were not often positive. It was not always the best start to my day.

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Filipino: I always knew a nurse so my family never had to stress about having access to healthcare when we could have healthcare at home.

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I grew up in what would politely be called the "rough part" of Riverside, CA. Since I walked to miles to school, I was able to go to an affluent, mostly white and wealthy school.

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My mom would drive us or I would take the school bus. In high school I got my license and drove myself and my siblings to school

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It felt normal. The classroom tracking was very apparent, fights every day, and an immense drop out ("pushed out" ala the reading) rate.

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I had someone drive me until I got my license

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I grew up in Richmond/San Pablo, Ca. I would always go out to the park with my family, but then we stopped going once we got into middle school --and even less once in high school. My schools were pretty diverse, I shared classrooms with asian, black, latinx, middle easter, white, mixed students and there was a lot of tension that no adult truly helped us unpack or understand.

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I grew up in the suburbs in Los Angeles. I lived in a wealthy area, very white. I attended a private school and my siblings and I were the only black students there.

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Small town in the east bay. mid-sized, predominantly white public schools

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by car or bus, not having to worry about driving myself

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My parents: they were the ULTIMATE resource. Not having to worry about a roof over my head or a food on the table. My mom was the "what you know" because she was a nurse, and my dad was the "who you know" because he always had a great network

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I grew up in Lafayette, CA which is very much a bubble. Low diversity rate within the community which was heavily reflected in our academics

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Bay Area, predominantly latino neighborhood, private school/classroom

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As a kid, I would walk a couple miles to go to school. When I was in high school, I took the bus until I got my permit