Philippa Villalobos

Philippa is currently a student at University of California, Santa Barbara pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. She has been published multiple times in the East County Californian, the LA Times High School Insider, and she was editor in chief of her high school paper the Griffin Times.

The benefits of starting college in high school

by Philippa Villalobos | Aug 30, 2017 | Education, Featured, Features, Schools

My teeth chattered as I reluctantly joined the crowd, desperately trying to read the buildings and find my class. My heart was waiting to stop at the ring of a bell that would inform me I was late but a bell would never come. Although I was 16 and starting my junior...

Commentary: Is the American dream becoming a nightmare?

by Philippa Villalobos | Jul 17, 2017 | Featured, Opinion

The American dream still has the potential to exist, but the remaining gap between high and low socioeconomic classes continues to deteriorate the dream of equal opportunity. To me, the American dream is the idea that no matter what situation a person is born in they...