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Grad student creates Cal Poly’s first Black-owned non-profit

“I saw the struggles and challenges that underrepresented students faced, and I wanted to do something to change that,” Cal Poly engineering management graduate student Isaiah Hogan said.  A San Luis Obispo native and former Cal Poly football player, Hogan recently became the  CEO and founder of Cal Poly’s first ever Black-owned non-profit.  Pathway is […]

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Cal Poly freshman starts nonprofit and plans to establish a chapter in SLO

When psychology freshman Peyton Varner was 11 years old, she couldn’t comprehend that the unsheltered individuals she saw living on the street wouldn’t receive any Christmas presents. That year, she asked Santa Claus only for items that she could give to those living on the street, and this led Varner to take the first steps toward establishing Pea’s Blessing Bags.

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