Elevate - July 2021

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Aaron

DICKENS

A

VIA: NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK

BY MAIN STREET SQUARE

"JOURNALISM FOR ME IS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE. IT'S ALL ABOUT ENSURING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY."

aron Dickens grew up in Los Gatos, California and wanted to pursue an education at University of Southern California. However, a low grade in AP Probability and Statistics class changed Aaron’s fortune. “I was a straight A student and after getting a D+, USC rejected me. I had already been accepted to NYU so I reached out to them and moved to New York City at 18 years old without knowing a single person,” Dickens said. And so Aaron adjusted his plans and moved cross country to pursue his dream in journalism.

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