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This year we’ve seen a rise in homelessness, unemployment, a dire need for education and mentors, as well as devastation as a result of Hurricane Sandy. However, we must commend those Latinos who have come to the rescue in various ways. Here are just a few that deserve our standing ovation:
1. Woman on a mission to help homeless students in Las Vegas
Angela Urquiaga goes to work at 5:30am so she can open the doors to homeless students who sleep by Rancho High School’s steps. She doesn’t have to be there so early, but she knows for some the school is their only haven. She began helping homeless students in 2001, when there were only seven or eight in Las Vegas. Today, there are more than 5,000. In the last 11 years, she says she’s helped more than 3,000 homeless students with the aid of
everyday people willing to give a few dollars, or donate clothes and toiletries.
Read more here.
2. Man uses a gift of $280 to educates his community
When Angelo Cabrera came to the U.S. alone, at the age of 14, from Puebla, Mexico, he was homeless and had no other choice than to work 14-hour days locked in the basement of a New York City supermarket. Almost two decades ago, a stranger gave him $280 which not only changed his life, but an entire community. Cabrera founded a non-profit in 2001, called MASA-MexEd, which tutors mainly Mexican and Mexican-American students in New York City. According to the Census, approximately 41 percent of all Mexicans between ages 16 and 19 in New York City have dropped out of school. He wants to change that. READ MORE