Program gets Latinas on path to college - San Mateo County, California

“Tania Montoya knows many Latina girls who never received encouragement from their parents to attend college.

But with the help of a program offered by the San Mateo County Office of Education, Montoya, 18, and her mother began preparing for college when she was in the fifth grade.

Now shes a freshman at the University of California, Merced, studying business. And she has a strong bond with her mother.”

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