This week on Fronteras:
- Immigrant rights activists in San Diego protest Congress’ inaction on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- A San Antonio charter school aims to increase rate of students who go on to earn college degrees (1:46).
- A Dallas high school offers low-income and refugee students a crash course in financial literacy (5:51).
- The push by a national organization to recruit Hispanic nurses (10:45).
- A “dreamer’s” letter to President Trump (19:19).
RALLY FOR YOUNG IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS
Immigrant rights activists in San Diego joined a chorus of voices nationwide to protest Congress’ inaction in coming up with a solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Matt Hoffman of KPBS reports from a protest that took place just before last week’s government shutdown.
5-YEAR GRANT AIMS TO LIFT SAN ANTONIO STUDENTS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT ENDS
A San Antonio charter school is in year three of a five year experiment: Can the charter school’s method of helping low-income students of color earn college degrees be replicated by a much larger district? Texas Public Radio’s Camille Phillips reports on a partnership that’s showing early signs of success, but it’s unclear whether the program will last once the funding dries up.
TEACHING STUDENTS REAL-WORLD FINANCIAL SKILLS
One Dallas high school is home to many low-income and refugee students -many of whom financially support their families. Conrad High School is devoted to providing students with a first-hand experience of dealing with budgets, saving, and investing. KERA’s Courtney Collins spent an afternoon with students in the school’s finance program as they find out the value of their dollars.
EXCLUSIVE: A PUSH TO RECRUIT HISPANICS INTO NURSING
Over 3 million registered nurses practice in the U.S. Of those, only 7 percent are Hispanic. Hispanics make up 17 percent of the population of the U.S.
Now a five-year, $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), is making it possible to reach out through media resources to teachers and students in high school and college.
In this Fronteras exclusive, we talk to Angie Millan, a registered nurse in Los Angeles County, who serves as nursing director at Children’s Medical Services.
Jessica Esparza was uprooted from Durango, Mexico in 2005 and joined her father, a farm laborer, in Quincy, Washington, along with her mother and younger sister. In December, Esparza, now a registered nurse, used her Facebook page to share a personal letter with President Trump. The crux of her message: my patients do not care about my accent, my origins, or the color of my skin. This audio profile was produced by Enrique Cerna of KCTS TV 9 in Seattle, WA.
Norma Martinez can be reached by email at norma@tpr.org and on Twitter @NormDog1