ESSJ

Stands for ethnic studies and social justice!

ESSJ is also a program/academy within James Logan High School (Union City, SF Bay Area), founded by Ivan Viray Santos.

"ESSJ seeks to educate our scholars within a holistically humanizing space that centers voices of the young scholars in the classroom, as well as the voices of BIPOC communities, their ancestors, allies, and co-conspirators in order to develop critical consciousness lens during their educational experience. " Quote from ESSJ's website.

I wouldn't be who I am with ESSJ and the support of Santos, it has sparked my passion for activism and taught me that we're all capable of making change in this world.