Category: Youth
Myspace changes look and features with Gen Y Latinos in mind
LatinaLista — When it comes to today’s social platforms, the ones that get the most attention are: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. The one site noticeably missing is MySpace. There was a time when MySpace could more than hold its own with Facebook (FB) but when FB started letting people beyond college students set up [...]
New college aid offers students opportunity over hope
By Glenda Oviedo LatinaLista College tuition fees and education costs are critical elements to weigh when considering the value of a college degree. While going to college represents better professional opportunities, it’s almost certain to increase the chances of being in debt for years. Until 2009, the maximum Pell Grant for the 2008-2009 award year [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Helping at-risk teens with the first leg of life’s marathon
LatinaLista — Getting children involved in sports has been documented as being one good way to keep children motivated while in school and develop needed skills to be successful in both academics and life. But some kids, especially in high school, can be left out of sports due to the team size and the competitive [...]
Local high school senior builds internet radio following and helps children get a smile
By Angela Covo La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — David Gonzalez, 17, loves to play basketball. But on Sept 15 last year, he decided to quit playing.”I was the athlete in the family, but I wasn’t getting enough playing time. It was getting frustrating, so I stopped,” he explained. By December, another [...]
Bolivia: The Adoption Culture — One of hope and frustration
By Angie Washington LatinaLista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — Ages ago in the United States children were shipped long distances on trains in order to be adopted. Many of them grew up as little more than servants in the homes of their patrons. This was a dark time for the States. As the economy improved these methods [...]
Hispanic Scholarship Fund creates new initiative to increase college degrees among Latinos
LatinaLista — When President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize last year, he announced that ten non-profits would share in the $1.4 million cash prize. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) was one of those non-profits. The HSF released the names of their “Obama Scholars” at the organization’s first Education Summit. According to a HSF press [...]
Analysis reveals more than a quarter of the Latino population is food insecure
LatinaLista — Today, the Christian-based group Bread for the World released a new analysis of hunger and poverty among Latinos in the United States. The news is sobering. According to the analysis of 2008 data, Latino families are more than one and a half times to be “food insecure” as the overall population. In fact, while [...]
New revelations of ICE’s abuse of authority surface in case of deported student
LatinaLista — Last week’s failure of the Senate Democrats to get the DREAM Act attached as an amendment to the Defense Reauthorization bill was a bitter blow to every student eligible under the DREAM Act to get on with their lives, but it was far more devastating to those students who exposed their legal status [...]
“My Paper Boyfriend” teaches girls that dating is hard work
LatinaLista — Every girl, at one point or another, has fantasized about the “perfect boyfriend.” From his looks to his attitude, the perfect boyfriend, we soon find out, exists only in our imaginations — or in a new online game called “My Paper Boyfriend.” Created by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy [...]
ACT report: No amount of educational investment works to close achievement gaps unless students challenge themselves
LatinaLista — For some reason, everybody is finally noticing that there exists an educational crisis in this country. Achievement gaps among students of different ethnicities are widening, the drop out rate is worsening and the United States is falling behind other countries in producing students who can read at grade level and do math and [...]
