Virginia HBCU Hosts Latino Student Symposium

by Arelis Hernandez , July 19, 2010

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The Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS) is a live-in learning experience for Latino high school students aimed at motivating them to pursue higher education.

As he ate, a student approached the table with a secret that tore his face with shame. But with a composure alien to his age, the 15-year-old let go of a fear that had scarred him so long that it made higher education irrelevant. He is undocumented.

Sarmiento took him aside, advising a young man on the brink of emotional rupture.

“The program is a tear-fest by the end,” Sarmiento said, but HYS enjoys positive outcomes. In their annual survey of HYS alumni, nine in 10 participants eventually enroll in college after graduation.

“They come here as one kind of student and leave a completely different kid,” Ernie G said, who closed the day with a comedy sketch. “I know God put me on this Earth to do this.”

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