Ceja, in his research on Latino students, has also found that many students who have an older sibling in college benefit from the information the sibling passes on. Latino students without college-educated siblings can also achieve success in college, but they must rely more on their own resiliency. For example, Moreno says that his sister was self-motivated, and as a result, did well in high school and went on to college.
All three students also had a teacher or counselor who shared information on college requirements with them. But perhaps even more importantly, they believed in the students. Moreno says he has always remembered the teachers who encouraged him to do well in school because there were so few teachers who did. He also says that had these teachers not believed in his abilities, he may not have believed in himself.
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