LatinaLista — “Stay in school” has been a directive drilled into the minds of Latino youth from the time it was discovered that the true path to achieving the proverbial American Dream lay inside the doors of the neighborhood school. Over time, when Latinos achieved the disgraceful distinction of dropping out of high school more, [...]
New college financial aid site includes repayment advice for student loan borrowers
LatinaLista — You know student debt must be a big problem when it becomes a talking point on the presidential campaign trail. As of the end of March, total student loan debt among borrowers under 30 has reached $292 billion, according to recently released data by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In fact, [...]
Senior high school girls share candid thoughts on sex and boys in new report
LatinaLista — There’s no time that a girl is literally at the crossroads of life — on the edge of both adulthood and childhood — than when she is a senior in high school. On the one hand, girls who are seniors in high school: get together with their friends to gossip and giggle; use [...]
Texas teen creates special college scholarship for her undocumented peers
LatinaLista — By her own admission, 18-year-old Audrey Vivar has always been a “little ambitious and nerdy.” Two qualities that helped this recent high school graduate of New Tech Manor High School outside Austin, Texas finish her senior year with a distinctive list of accomplishments — Key Club president, Student Council member, National Honor Society [...]
CDC’s latest report sounds the alarm of Latino youth in crisis
LatinaLista — It’s bad enough that young people have enough stress in their lives on a daily basis but according to this year’s Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) report, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2011, youth, especially Latino youth, are adding to that stress with some bad choices. The CDC reports that 72 [...]
Teen poetry site creates first-ever mobile poetry slams featuring poems with a purpose
LatinaLista — Words are powerful. There is perhaps no generation who knows the truth of that statement better than today’s teenagers. From text and Facebook messages/campaigns to cyber/physical bullying, today’s kids are creating more words and bombarded with words than probably any generation before them. This is also the multi-media generation where YouTube, podcasts and [...]
