High school latino leaders descend on Washington State University

WSU partnered with the National Hispanic Institute for a second year to host a Young Leader Conference, which began Tuesday and will last until Sunday on the Pullman campus. High school teachers nominated the top 109 rising sophomores from Washington, Oregon and California to attend and develop skills to become leaders in the Latino community.

Program director Lydia Ruelas said the turnout is almost twice what it was last year.

“We didn’t anticipate such a huge response,” Ruelas said. “It’s thrilling to see so many intellectual Latinos come together to answer a call for leadership.” “*

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