The Unpaved Road to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley

Sather Gate (left), The Campanile/Sather Tower (right) (Wikimedia Commons); design by Flora G. Huynh

As a first-generation college student and persxn of color, Kai Schelly faced challenges when he first attended the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) in 2019.

Almost a year later, Schelly, a rising second-year studying molecular cell biology and applied mathematics, found support from Mixed @ Berkeley Recruitment & Retention Center (MRRC), one of…