Mildred García: Remembering a champion of the transformative power of education

Mildred García, Cal State Fullerton president. Photo courtesy CSUF 
The young African American man made the 1,000-mile trek by foot from the segregated south of Louisiana to Chicago in the north, knowing that with every courageous step, his future children might have a better chance at a college degree and the path to upward mobility that comes with it.
What he didn’t know was that this journey would not only transform his own family’s future, but also the lives and famil