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City College NextUp gifts students with ‘the birthday (they) never had’

Former and current foster youth honored with a birthday celebration

Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Journalist • December 12, 2022

Selam Gebrekristos, the coordinator/counselor for the NextUp program at San Diego City College, threw a big birthday bash for former foster youth enrolled at the school. The Dec. 8 event was “the birthday (they) never had,” she said.

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