Latino Youth Leadership Camp offers six days of inspiration – Los Angeles
Tagged: California, family, Los Angeles, Mexico, Ventura CountyPosted on: July 23rd, 2007“Luz Lopez was only 5 years old when she and her family immigrated to the United States from Mexico, and at the time, everything seemed foreign. There was a bounty of things that she would have to acclimate to as she grew up in a new country, but perhaps one of the most daunting concepts was one of the most widely embraced institutions in the U.S.: the American college system.
“No one in my family had the aspiration to go to school,” said the Ventura County resident, now 20, “and it was difficult to find guidance.” “
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