Today we are bringing you a piece produced by Ritika Sarma and Jimmy Mancilla, students in UCLA’s Labor Summer Research Program (LSRP). The piece is part of a larger 3-part series, “The Reality of Workers and Learners,” which examines the challenges faced by student workers, many of whom work over 20 hours a week.

The episode opens with brief remarks by Lucero Herrera, a senior research analyst at the UCLA Labor Center and LSRP instructor.

To listen to the rest of the series, please visit the UCLA Labor Center’s YouTube page. Access the website created by LSRP students here. And read more about the podcast series in the UCLA Newsroom.