What Are We Dreaming Of? Houston Families Imagine the Future of Education
Before the first family arrived for our Visión 2050 community listening session in Houston on Saturday morning, Gavino, now a counselor with YES Prep Public Schools, recognized his former teacher, […]
Latino Heritage Month is a reminder of who has shaped America’s schools
Eighty years ago, eight-year-old Sylvia Mendez, a Mexican American student, was told she didn’t belong at her local school. Her family fought back in court, and their victory paved the way for Brown […]
Latinos for Education launches Foundations, a new leadership fellowship, with 142 educators from 26 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico
Inaugural cohort reaches 109 cities and every level of the education system, from classrooms to the U.S. Department of Education BOSTON (Oct. 13, 2026) – The inaugural cohort of Foundations, […]
Visión 2050: Our New Direction and Why We’re Building Our Own Table
Visión 2050: Our New Direction and Why We’re Building Our Own Table In 2016, I started Latinos for Education in Massachusetts because the reality of Latinos becoming one third of […]
Stop Adapting to a Broken Education System. We Built Foundations to Shape the System We Need
By R.D. Leyva, Vice President, Network Activation, Latinos for Education I have spent nearly a decade with Latinos for Education and watched how both the organization and education have evolved […]