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Cynthia Ruiz grew up in Highland Park. She graduated from Cal State LA in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in Chicano Studies and rehabilitation counseling, and in 1980 with a master’s in rehabilitation counseling. “My parents divorced when I was ...

“I became fully aware of my college options because of Margie Garcia. She had such an electrifying college center at Baldwin Park High School. She had me apply to all the Cal States. Senior year, personal things started happening with ...