Endless opportunities for over 3,000 Fresno Unified students at the Latino College Expo

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Over 3,000 students walked done the doors of the Fresno Convention Center connected Wednesday morning, wherever much than 50 colleges, universities, commercialized schools, subject options, and informational booths were acceptable to help.

Students networked and attended informative seminars.

"I walked into the rooms of the seminars, partition to wall. Standing country only. Eyes bright," said Dr. Theresa Price with the National College Resource Foundation.

The expo focused connected Latino Students, 1 of the largest demographics successful the Central Valley.

"Even though we are the largest colonisation successful the country, we are inactive debased connected numbers successful receiving 4-year degrees and truthful it's precise captious that our students are alert of these types of opportunities," said Dr. Gloria Ponce Rodriguez, committee subordinate of the National College Resource Foundation.

It's the 2nd twelvemonth Fresno Unified partners with the National College Resource Foundation.

Nancy Witrado says that arsenic a First-Generation Latina, she understands firsthand the powerfulness of providing these spaces.

"Our vale kids specifically are incredible, and it gives america the accidental to assistance signifier them to beryllium the big they privation to beryllium and the big we privation successful our community.," said Nancy Witrado.

Three Duncan Polytechnical High School seniors stopped astatine respective booths, helping them constrictive down their apical universities.

For Adelina Avendano, her imagination is to go a veterinarian and hopes to marque her parents proud.

She says this expo felt encouraging.

"My household comes from Mexico, and being present with radical who are similar maine helps maine consciousness comfortable, you consciousness invited and invited to research your options," said Adelina Avendano.

Dr. Price emphasized that each students were invited to the lawsuit and shared a fewer words of encouragement for students who could not marque it.

"I privation radical to cognize that careless of your background, careless of wherever you are from, you and bash an beryllium thing and this lawsuit is an underlying testament to that."

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