Event touches young Latinos - Latino Youth Conference at the University of Toledo

“Richard Santana’s transformation story from a young street thug and drug user to a professional speaker with a masters degree from Harvard University left many of the 750 students attending the sixth annual Latino Youth Conference spellbound yesterday at the University of Toledo.

The mood in the crowded Student Union auditorium changed repeatedly from laughter to drop-dead silence as Mr. Santana weaved his personal story of teenaged sex and drugs before he found intervention and education around calls to action for the students.”

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