Saturday, June 09, 2012

Spanish Teacher Helping Undocumented Students in North Carolina Achieve College Dreams

This teacher is concentrating her efforts on students who had few chances to get ahead.    - - Donna Poisl

From hispanicallyspeakingnews

A Spanish-born North Carolina teacher is helping dozens of undocumented high-school students fulfill their dream of pursuing university studies.

After just four years of teaching English as a Second Language at the Zebulon B. Vance High School in Charlotte, Madrid native Cristina Sanchez has already changed the lives of at least 80 Hispanic youth.

“These were young people who had no support or information about how to go to university without papers. Many had already resigned to working and giving up their dreams despite being excellent students,” Sanchez told Efe.
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