STOCKTON — If helping support his family meant then-high school student Dan Arriola worked three jobs, that’s what he did. If maintaining good grades in his Advanced Placement classes meant doing homework until the wee hours of night, that’s what he did. If becoming the first in his family to go to college meant Arriola would find the money himself, that’s exactly what he did, guided by an unyielding determination to be accepted by the University of California, Los Angeles. A

STOCKTON — Nothing could hold Dan Arriola back from reaching his dream, even in the face of obstacles he faced growing up in a low-income household. It meant working multiple jobs into wee hours of the night to contribute to the family income, while maintaining high school Advanced Placement grades. For his sight was set on becoming the first in his family to go to college and be accepted into University of California, Los Ángeles. At just 25 years-old, Arriola recently opene