Latino Role Models Conference

The 13th annual Latino Role Models Conference will be held in person on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at Cabrillo College Crocker Theater. This FREE conference is designed to inspire students in grades 6 through college to achieve their dreams for college and career.  Presentations center the experiences of Latino professionals, college students, and community leaders who share the barriers they have overcome and strategies to persevere.  This conference will be conducted in Spanish with English interpretation. Parents and guardians are strongly encouraged to participate along with their students.   Resource tables will share information about the pathway to higher education. This year’s keynote speaker will be Olga Talamante, Executive Director Emerita of the Chicana Latina Foundation (CLF), who is widely respected for her long-standing community activism and leadership in Chicana/o, Latin American solidarity, LGBTQ and progressive political movements. She currently co-chairs the Caravan for the Children, which advocates for the release, reunification and healing of the children separated at the southern border. Olga holds a B.A. in Latin American History from UC Santa Cruz and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Also featured at the event will be Juan R. Fuentes, a Chicano poster/print maker, art teacher, cultural worker and social activist. Juan grew up in Watsonville and was the first in his family to attend college, graduating from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited locally, nationally and internationally. His designs can be seen in the four large scale mosaic murals as part of the Watsonville Brillante project. Keynote speaker is Olga Talamante, long-time activist who was the first Executive Director of the Chicana Latina Foundation and currently co-chairs the Caravan for Children, advocating for children at the border. Artist and activist Juan R. Fuentes will also be featured. Raised in Watsonville, his designs are used for the large scale Watsonville Brillante mosaic murals. The conference will also feature professionals and college students sharing their career and education pathways, as well as resource tables. The conference was created by Senderos 13 years ago and is now presented in collaboration with: Cabrillo, County Office of Education and County school districts, UCSC, Kaiser Permanente, Consul General Mexico-San Jose, and others. To pre-register and more information: https://scsenderos.org

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