Change happens incrementally, it doesn’t happen overnight. I started the process on so many different issues, and some of it got passed, and some of … - Polly Baca

I always enjoy coming (to CSU). One of the reasons I do is because this university changed my life, and I think it can change yours as well, but you have to be open to allowing change to happen.

It was a challenging time, because as women we were doing something that had never been done. But it was an exciting time as well.

The racism we experienced really burned a flame in my heart that created a passion to help my community. Because of that scholarship, I felt this burden – I was one of the few people who looked like me to get this opportunity, so I owed my community to do well, and it wasn’t acceptable to fail.