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Hispanic Community August 2024

Cultivating Future Leaders

SAF empowers farmworkers and students through education, leadership development, and advocacy, addressing critical needs like higher education access and dignified living conditions. Programs like Into the Fields, Solidaridad, Levante Leadership Institute, and From the Ground Up nurture future leaders committed to social justice.

Administration August 2024

Building Bridges to Higher Education

Salvador Hector Ochoa’s career focuses on meeting Hispanic students' psychosocial and educational needs, emphasizing proactive engagement, curriculum alignment, and support structures to improve outcomes, especially for first-generation students, while managing rapid growth at Texas A&M-San Antonio.

Administration August 2024

Adams State’s LEAD Program Elevates K-20 Leadership Development

The Adams State LEAD program offers graduate courses in Educational Leadership for K-20 professionals, expanding from its original focus on postsecondary education to include the entire K-20 pipeline. The program, supported by a US Department of Education grant, emphasizes equity, social justice, and cultural competency, and has been recognized for its success in promoting Latino/a graduate student achievement.  

Administration May 2025

Did you know? The Floating World of the Uros: Life on Lake Titicaca

Photo by Jeison Higuita on Unsplash   High in the Andes, where Peru and Bolivia share a sacred border more than 12,500 feet above sea level, lies Lake Titicaca—the highest navigable lake in the world. Revered in Andean cosmology and central to many pre-Columbian myths, the lake spans over 8,300 square kilometers and holds not only ecological richness but also remarkable cultural heritage. Near the Peruvian city of Puno, a unique community continues to float—literally—on its waters. These are the Uros, an Indigenous people whose homes is not on land but on human-made islands built entirely of reeds. According to the BBC, approximately 1,300 Uros people live on around 80 man-made floating islands in Lake Titicaca today.

Arts and Media September 2024

School Library

This month featuring books on Hispanic Heritage from Amazon and Corners in Latin America From Trinity University Press  

Administration April 2025

2025 Top 50 Community Colleges for Hispanics

Community colleges significantly boost social mobility, especially for Hispanic/Latino students. Hispanic Outlook annually recognizes the top 50 institutions by enrollment and degrees granted, highlighting the growing role of both two- and four-year public colleges in serving this expanding student population.