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NC Voices: Reyes Ventura

NC Voices: Reyes Ventura

Reyes Ventura on his high school graduation day

Latinos are the fastest growing group of school age children in the country.  But few of these students ever make it to college. In fact, about a third of them - - some reports say many more - - never finish high school.  Reyes Ventura beat those odds. He was an honor roll student. Graduation last spring was a proud day for his family – they came to the United States from El Salvador when Reyes was a boy. But now that high school is done, Reyes is in the same situation as many of his peers – he can’t figure out a way to get to college. Paul Cuadros has his story for our series North Carolina Voices: Considering College.

Reporter Paul Cuadros has written a book about Reyes and his teammates from the championship Jordan-Matthews High School soccer team.  More information about A Home on the Field.

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