Category: Youth
First-generation Mexican-American student at UC Santa Barbara accepts White House award
Amigos8095.com SANTA BARBARA — A UC Santa Barbara student studying ocean ecology accepted the 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Obama on Monday, Dec. 12, on behalf of Ocean Discovery Institute. This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for efforts that advance those fields of [...]
Educational report cites anti-immigrant hysteria among factors affecting Latino students’ success in school
LatinaLista — For the first time, a study on how well Latino students are doing in school takes into account the impact of anti-immigrant hysteria sweeping the country. The study, Today’s Promise, Tomorrow’s Future: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Educational Outcomes of Hispanics in Urban Schools, published by the Council of the [...]
Latinos outdo everyone else in using mobile technology
LatinaLista — Though the bad economy has hit Latinos especially hard, a new study shows just how flexible we are in adapting to what some people would consider “adverse” circumstances. The report Minorities More Active on Mobile Web published by eMarketer confirmed what other independent studies have been documenting all along — Latinos and blacks [...]
Over 20,000 Latino children waiting to be adopted as National Adoption Month winds down
LatinaLista — November is National Adoption Month. As of Sept. 2010, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) report, there were 408,425 children in the foster care system. Latino children comprised over 84,000 who were in the foster care system in 2010; a little over 11,000 were adopted. It’s reported [...]
New report reveals Bronx teens have highest rate in the nation for STDs
LatinaLista — The Bronx has been christened with a dubious new title — home to the highest teen pregnancy rate of all of the five New York City boroughs. To top it off, Bronx teens don’t just hold the teen pregnancy record for New York City but their rate of sexually transmitted infections is much [...]
Though more Latina youth go to college, many drop out before getting their degree
LatinaLista – The future of this country takes on desperate importance with each passing day given the ongoing debt debate, the continual low educational rankings of our school children compared to their global counterparts and the rising costs of higher education. While some would debate the value of a college degree these days, there’s no doubt [...]
Summit stresses Dream Act, advocacy
By Yanet Pintor The Venture HOUSTON – During their third annual “We Have a Dream Summit” on Saturday, activists from FIEL, an immigrant youth organization, stressed to the audience the existence of the Texas Application for State Financial Aid. Through TASFA, qualified undocumented students are eligible to receive grants and pay in-state college tuition. “People think [...]
New report on drug use shows Latino youth choose alcohol over drugs
LatinaLista — A recent survey about teen drug use published by scientists at Duke University in the November issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry had both good news and bad news. The good news is that of the 72,561 adolescents ages 12 to 17 who were surveyed, 63 percent did not report having [...]
New report shows sexual harassment takes its toll on Latino students
LatinaLista — A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reveals that half of Republican primary voters don’t care about the charges of sexual harassment levied against GOP presidential nominee Herman Cain. It seems these adults are right in line with a new study on middle and high schoolers who don’t think sexual harassment is any [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Matching college students with business professionals to fulfill career dreams
LatinaLista — It’s one thing for a child to dream of what they want to be when they grow up, but for many college students, that childhood dream can turn into a state of confusion when faced with reality in college. While college is supposed to be a time to discover yourself, too many students [...]
