{"id":5058686,"date":"2022-05-23T05:27:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5058686"},"modified":"2022-05-23T05:27:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:27:40","slug":"providing-a-ladder-to-higher-education-in-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2022\/05\/23\/providing-a-ladder-to-higher-education-in-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing a ladder to higher education in CT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eastern Connecticut State University is partnering with the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut to offer scholarships to students from Hispanic-Latino backgrounds \u2013 students like David Galvez \u2014 who are in need of financial support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing, because at this moment I definitely needed that amount so that I could keep going to school next year,\u201d Galvez told<\/a> CT Examiner. \u201cIt came to me at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance plans to offer scholarships of up to $2,500 each, which the university will match. University President Elsa N\u00fa\u00f1ez said at a press conference on Monday that the $5,000 would cover tuition and fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance received a grant from the City of New London for $27,000 from the city\u2019s coronavirus relief funds to go toward the scholarships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes when new immigrant families and new Latina families arrive in the United States [and] they need to climb a ladder, there needs to be community providing that ladder,\u201d Claudio Melendez-Cooper, executive director of the Hispanic Alliance, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Galvez and Claudio Melendez-Cooper



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Galvez says first-generation students like himself often don\u2019t have someone to help them navigate the college application process. \u201cI understand what it\u2019s like to go through that. So the best I can do is help out those who I know what it\u2019s like to be in their shoes,\u201d he said about working with high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publisher\u2019s Notes: This story is an aggregate from Hispanic Alliance Announces Scholarships, Partners with Eastern Connecticut State<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover Photo: MDS Architects <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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