Juntos, which has served students and families in the Forest Grove School District since 2018, expanded to Hill High School in Hillsboro in the spring of 2021.
Juntos helped Yahir Santillan-Guzman transform from a shy eighth-grader to student body president and the first Latino valedictorian in the history of The Dalles High School.
Kym Pokorny |
Jul 22, 2021 |
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Photo: Oregon State University (Cropped from original)
The project will focus on outreach to pre-college Indigenous youth to improve access and understanding of steps toward college entry and tuition and remove systematic barriers to community college and university completion.
The purpose of the COVID Corridos workshop was to teach Latino/Hispanic youth science communication skills through the arts with the goal of helping them cope with the mental health effects of the coronavirus.