Nonprofit teaches Hispanic students, parents about the road to college – Maryland
Tagged: Baltimore, children, Doctor, Dominican Republic, Maryland, parents, studentPosted on: August 28th, 2007“Yinauras Martinez, 16, left her native Dominican Republic two years ago for the United States with the hopes of becoming a nurse or a doctor but felt intimidated by the complicated world of financial aid, college applications and scholarships.
Today, the junior at Northwestern Senior High School in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood exudes confidence about her future.
She attended a recent conference a local nonprofit periodically offers to fill a gap in Maryland’s public schools by showing Hispanic children ”” and their parents ”” that college is not only a possible dream, but a preferable one.”
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