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In 2007, Tubbs won an essay contest sponsored by Alice Walker. His essay about overcoming the mistakes his parents had made was published in the San Francisco Chronicle. He criticized his father's "scapegoat mentality" and praised his mother for overcoming adversity.

She is a teacher at Aspire Langston Hughes Academy in Stockton.

Racole Dixon

Tubbs was born in south Stockton and grew up in poverty. His mother was a teenager and his father has been in prison most of his life.

In 2008, Tubbs was a member of a team of three San Joaquin County teenagers who won a national debate competition in Cincinnati sponsored by the NAACP. They advocated for universal health care, and the debate was followed by a speech by Barack Obama.