Kerith Dilley and Charles Trent
Mrs. Cox's Class
Man, I loved that sweater. Wore it till it fell apart. My teacher that year was Mrs. Cox, and we all loved being in her class because she read us Uncle Remus stories, voicing each character in a different Southern accent.
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I Didn't Get the Memo
This could have been the greatest day of my life, but no one told me not to wear black socks!
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Los Nietos Middle School
Literally don't remember this picture at all, but I know it was middle school. All I remember about middle school is being invited to an on-campus dance by a girl named Sharon. And even though I went, I was too shy to actually dance with her.
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High School Was Awkward
Laugh all you want, but this kid graduated as the top student and athlete in the school. (I think it was a made-up award, but whatever.) Unfortunately, I didn't show up at the senior scholarship ceremony because I was already in college and no one told me I was going to win something!
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College was a new world for me
As a first-gen student, I was very lucky to attend college. While at UCLA, I worked in the campus emergency room where my boss was a retired paramedic named Don Smith. Smitty quickly became my mentor and very much a father figure. This picture was taken at a patient extrication conference we attended for emergency room personnel.
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Putting High School Kids into College
For many years I've volunteered with the TRiO chapter at USC. TRiO is a federal program designed to help impoverished students be admitted to and succeed in college. These particular kids were terrific. I taught an SAT class for their cohort of about 70 students, and then I helped them develop compelling essays that got them admitted with full scholarships to some of the country's best universities.
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Putting Teen Moms into College
When a high school kid in the TRiO College Prep Program at USC became pregnant and dropped out, we decided to do something about it. In 2017, we founded The College Moms Project, the country's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to putting teen moms into college and making sure they have the resources required to succeed. This team picture was taken at our first College Moms Summit, which we put on at the Marshall School of Business at USC.
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The Riordan MBA Fellows
For many years, I've recruited, lectured to, and guided participants in the Riordan MBA Fellows Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. We are the country's first and oldest MBA diversity initiative, and our mission is to prepare students for the world's best business schools.
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The Family Justice Center
Write something here. Without my Wharton MBA degree, I never would have become the executive director of this important nonprofit that serves families in crisis.
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