In the Funeral Industry, Too Few Spanish Speakers

By Corrie Maclaggan, The Texas Tribune/New York Times

Just 5 percent of the 1,589 United States mortuary school graduates in 2012 were Hispanic, according to the American Board of Funeral Service Education. By contrast, 17 percent of Americans are Hispanic.

“In the Latino community, one of the things we don’t tell our children is, ‘You should grow up to be a funeral director,’ ” said Francisco Solis, a mortuary science professor at San Antonio College and the first Hispanic president of the national education board.

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