>> I went to Pomona College and I majored in Latin American studies.
I went to Pomona because I grew up not too far from where Pomona College is located.
And I didn't know too much about what I was going to do after college.
So my parents did not go to college.
My parents are immigrants to this country.
And they just trusted the school system to help me along.
So it was up to me and a core group of my friends who were also the first
in their families to graduate from high school, and we just happened to one day learn
about the Claremont Colleges and thought "Why not there?"
[laughs] And we ended up at different Claremont Colleges because we thought "Let's go
to a private school versus a state school."
Because that was the other option that we thought existed.
Those were the only two options.
And we were really sold on the idea of small classes
and that the professors know who you are.