“I wouldn’t be able to be go to school without financial aid; it’s the reason I’m studying,” says college student Adonis Galarza-Toledo,.
Eduardo Munoz / Reuters fileWASHINGTON, D.C. — Dozens of students from Hispanic Serving Institutions, or HSIs — colleges and universities where at least 25 percent of the student body is Latino —are in Washington to push back against proposed Trump administration cuts and changes to several education programs the students say are crucial to obtaining future degrees.
More than half of Cal State-San Bernardino’s students are low income and nearly 70 percent receive federal Pell grants, which are awarded based on family income and financial need., slightly more than half of Latino college students nationwide rely on Pell grants to help pay for college. Like many of his fellow students, Galarza-Toledo grew up in a working-class Latino family. He says he plans to work for a non-profit community organization and even run for office one day.
The Latino students were in the nation’s capital as part of the 24th annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education, which brings together advocates for Latino higher education.
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