While working with Life is Precious, a suicide-prevention program directed toward young Latinas in New York City, Wagner second-year graduate student Claudia Espinosa realized that she wanted to do something more to help young Latinas not only avoid suicide but continue to succeed.
According to research from the National Women's Law Center, young Latina women have one of the highest school drop-out rates — exceeding African-American and Asian-American adolescents — as well as the highest rates of teen pregnancy.
"This all happens among young Latinas," Espinosa said. "So I decided to create a program on my own that would help the community."
In collaboration with the Latino Studies program, the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at NYU and the Teaching and Learning program in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, her program Latinas On the Verge of Excellence works to provide support and education to young Latinas in the city. READ MORE
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