University of Maryland to offer classes on Latino Americans

“The university will offer new classes focusing on the experiences of Latinos in the United States beginning this fall, making the school the first in the area to recognize the contributions of the Latino community through an academic program, according to those involved.

Drawing on research and literature of the Latino diaspora, the program seeks to tell the story of the first Latinos to immigrate to the United States.

“This means that the U.S./Latino voice will be heard and be acknowledged,” said Ruth Zambrana, director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, where the program will be temporarily housed. Zambrana, who will serve as interim director of the program, added, “It will help us develop a central research and scholarship center that will put the University of Maryland on the map.”"

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