Hispanic Forum names event's student co-chair
The Houston Hispanic Forum has named Christina Trevino, a senior at Middle College for Technology Career High School, located on the campus of Texas Southern University, as an honorary student co-chair for the forum's 17th annual Career and Education Day, set for Saturday, Jan. 25, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Trevino will serve as spokesman to promote attendance at the free event. "The selection process for student co-chairs is difficult...
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Galena Park teen helped to chair Hispanic Forum
Although she is just 17, Amadita Arredondo is passionate about making the world a better place to live. The Galena Park High School senior is already making a difference for others like herself, and has aspirations to use her assiduous thirst for knowledge to help create a cleaner environment for the planet. Arredondo, who has a 4.76 grade-point average out of 4.5 and currently ranks fourth in her high school class, has already impacted many other Hispanic youths by serving as a...
Hispanic Forum to host 16th annual career fair
The Houston Hispanic Forum will host the 16th Annual Career and Education Day at the George R. Brown Convention Center Saturday. The event is free to all students in grades six through 12 and their parents. Day care will be available and lunch will be provided. "One of our objectives is to promote education in our community," said Jenny Castaneda, event coordinator and one of the founders and current board member of the Houston Hispanic...
Hispanic Forum: Teen models behavior of a leader
Aldine resident to speak at career event Saturday
When the Houston Hispanic Forum selected four honorary student co-chairs for Career and Education Day 2005, Norma Leos was shocked to see her name on the list. "I was surprised at first,"said Leos, 18, and a senior at George Washington Carver High School for Applied Technology and the Arts. "But I thought it was a good opportunity for me." The annual career and education day is an opportunity for pupils to learn about careers, and...