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Cris Gray: Twelve Dollars an Hour

July 21, 2017

To make ends meet as a college student, Cris Gray takes a high-paying job in a veterinary school lab… and finds out why it’s so high-paying.

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In Biology Tags Black in STEM, Black lives matter, veterinary school, lab work, mice, making ends meet, college, Cris Gray

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