We must champion our student parents

Queena Hoang, MCPP, authored an op-ed spotlighting the challenges faced by student parents and touting California’s proposed GAINS for Student Parents Act (AB 2458), which seeks to better support this demographic by adjusting cost considerations for childcare and improving data collection. The piece features Larry, a father of nine and recent graduate from CSU Bakersfield, whose journey exemplifies the formidable challenges and systemic changes needed to support student parents.