Latino group meets with eye toward graduation in Quad-Cities Illinois/Iowa

“Ezequiel CantÚ knows what it’s like to feel different.

His short brown hair, Asian-looking eyes, fair skin and red lips deter some people from thinking he is Mexican.

Mr. CantÚ, a 15-year-old freshman at Rock Island High School, finds support for his heritage at a twice-weekly meeting of Latinos Unidos, a dropout prevention group whose name means “Latins United.” There he meets others like himself who have the same struggles he does — struggling to assimilate, struggling to get along, struggling to make it.”

Stumble it! | |