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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Davia Willis, Student at John Jay College (CUNY)
4:15:26
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Davia Willis, an international student from Jamaica at John Jay College, advocates for providing MetroCards to CUNY students to ensure they can access education and campus resources. She emphasizes that transportation costs are a significant barrier for many students.
- Willis highlights that her primary expense as an international student is transportation to school
- She stresses that her advocacy is on behalf of all CUNY students facing similar challenges
- The testimony underscores the importance of MetroCards in allowing students to fully benefit from available educational resources
Davia Willis
4:15:26
Hi.
4:15:26
Good afternoon.
4:15:27
My name is Davia Willis and I'm a student at John Jay.
4:15:30
I'm so honored to be before you all this afternoon and thank you so much for having me.
4:15:35
Previously with what my colleague said is really what I'm here to echo.
4:15:39
I'm an international student from the Island Of Jamaica and that means that my attendance is primarily out of for school which includes me affording to be able to travel to school.
4:15:49
My advocacy is not just for myself but for all the students that attend CUNY because I know that one of the primary issues that we as students face is getting to school and if we're not able to in order to reap the benefits of the resources available to us, we have to ensure that they're first able to get there and so primarily what I'm here to do is to advocate and to once again reinforce the importance of having students access Metro cards and having them not to completely rely on or worry about how am I going to get to school, how am I going to complete school or how long would I have to be here So that is all we ask that you really strongly consider these metro cards requests.