Latin American Inequalities In Education

I am a victim of the educational disproportionality in the public school system. I didn’t see the extent of the damage that had been done to me until I came to college and noticed how other students were unscathed by the inequities in the public education system. However, it was only because I was used to being in the same ineffective system surrounded by the same students who also didn’t know the experience of getting a higher quality education, but not anymore. Education is a powerful thing, and once you educate someone, you open a wide range of new opportunities for success. Minorities—Latinos in particular—are disproportionally affected by the lack of a great public education. I needed to find likeminded people who wanted to bring about change to benefit the Latino community. Being a leader meant I needed to take action.
LULAC is the oldest and largest Latino Civil Rights organization in the country, and I felt that its mission aligned with my own. I saw the many social injustices present in America, and joining LULAC helped fine-tune my awareness of what I am capable of in order to help my community. As president of the council, I took my interest in political science and government and facilitated many events to improve the well-being of the Latino community. By educating the Latino student population on the different matters of the political process, I felt establishing the groundwork for their own active participation in social improvement was