A memorial is scheduled Tuesday for Paloma Foster, a UC Berkeley Regents’ Scholar and campus advocate whose path from foster care and juvenile incarceration to public policy work made her a prominent voice for students seeking second chances.
UC Berkeley’s Underground Scholars community announced Foster’s death in a social media post Monday, saying it was mourning a “beloved community member.”
A GoFundMe organized for funeral expenses said Foster died after a car crash with her young son, Cairo, and her boyfriend, Shiloh, also in the vehicle…