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Statistically speaking, Teresa Ramirez didn’t stand a chance.
She was raised in Compton, California, a city south of Los Angeles and the eponymous setting of the N.W.A. album “Straight Outta Compton.”
Teresa loved books. She asked questions during class. She put in extra time to help out after school. In a high school where gang violence was an expectation and higher education was not, Teresa stood out like a sore thumb.