Nearly 250 Latino high school students from six Lake County schools attended a two-day career fair meant to educate the students about their post-secondary options and connecting them with working professionals.
The Positive Pathways event, hosted by the Fort Wayne-based nonprofit Latinos Count, took place at Purdue University Northwest’s Hammond campus with around 60 students from both Hammond high schools attending on Thursday, and nearly 180 students from Whiting, Highland, East Chicago Central and River Forest high schools showing up on Friday, according Steve Corona, the executive director for Latinos Count.
Corona said the two primary goals of the event were to increase the college-going rate of Latino students and to help them figure out their strategy after high school.
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