The Resilient Five
Category: LATINO VOICES
Unlike the typical student, however, our childhood years were spent dealing with economic struggles, feelings of not belonging, teenage pregnancy, and run-ins with the police. My four siblings and I had to overcome these hardships to graduate. For each of us, our high school graduation day was a moment of triumph for our family, because the odds were against us from the very beginning.
By Viridiana L. Benitez, ContributorPsychological scientist, educator, and promoter of diversity i..., 2015-10-11