Where else was a smart, ambitious striver with a lower net worth than ever supposed to go?

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Do you fancy yourself an east side hipster in Silver Lake, a Venice Beach boho or a West LA striver?

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Always a striver, Alemany completed college in three years, majoring in English literature with an eye on a legal career.

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This was a surprise, since I wasn't much of a striver and had never asked that question What else?

NPR: Chapter 1

When Bharara was still a toddler, his father, a pediatrician, moved the family to Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Preet grew up in the suburbs, a thoroughly Americanized striver.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

Powerful people took a liking to this energetic striver.

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In full disclosure, I am a striver.

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