Encouraging The Discouraged
An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.
By Lydia Lum
Erika Romero got a chilly answer in high school when she asked about her chances of being admitted to college.
“Don’t bother applying,” the counselor said. “If White people can’t score well on the SAT, then Hispanics like you sure won’t.”
So Romero, who emigrated with her family from Mexico as a teenager, did exactly that — not apply.
She didn’t give college another thought until a recruiter from Heritage University called to ask if she finished her application.
