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For High Schoolers Considering Science Majors In College

Mary Mata August 13, 2012

By Yessenia Gutierrez, Being Latino As we’ve recently pointed out, Latinos are making enormous headway in educational attainment, but we still lag behind non-Hispanic whites. While there are certainly institutional […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco August 10, 2012

U.S. Latina Denied Student Grant Because Of Undocumented Parents

NewsTaco August 9, 2012

Despite Violence, Low-Income Students Can Succeed in School

Mary Mata August 6, 2012

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As summer vacation reaches its end for most students, we are unfortunately forced to face the consequences of violence many elementary and high-school students experienced. Some […]

Mama’s Blogs And Resources For Teaching Spanish

Mary Mata August 3, 2012

By Melaine Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco I’m a mom with a desire to teach my own children a language that I am still learning myself. With my boys being young, the most […]

A Latino And A Latina Walk Into A University…

Mary Mata August 2, 2012

By Maitri Pamo, Being Latino The news broke her heart. Even though my cousin was well on her way to becoming the first person in our family to go to […]

Latina College Student Creates National Mentoring Program

Mary Mata

By Voxxi News Stephanie Bravo, a Mexican-American student from Stanford University, has created StudentMentor.org, a free online mentoring program for minority students. “I didn’t have anybody there to really guide me in […]