High school senior Jasmine Lopez is Alba’s lone remaining participant. Lopez, 17, says she worries about maintaining her grades, paying for college and whether to stay with her family or move on to study fashion and psychology in college.
Flores’ study urges high school guidance counselors to take a bigger role. “Start talking with students about things they think might get in the way of achieving their dreams educationally,” she says.
“Work with them to fi nd ways to overcome them. Just because students anticipate barriers doesn’t mean those barriers are necessarily going to be detrimental.”
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