Shaylyn Becton believes community college should have no barriers.

That’s why she advocated for California Assembly Bill 1035 – a bill that would waive fees for community college students – as a California fellow for IGNITE, a civic engagement organization for women that holds an annual state-level advocacy conference, IGNITE the Capitol California.

“It’s helped me before I went to grad school at UCLA, taking classes for free alongside working full time,” she said. “I feel like everybody in the state of California should have that same access.”

IGNITE trains over 40,000 young women, nonbinary and gender-expansive youth in community building and political engagement, according to its website. The organization – which has a chapter at UCLA – serves middle school, high school and college students, the website said.