(Source: Sonoma State University) More than 100 low-income, mostly Spanish-speaking parents visited Sonoma State University on May 2 to learn how they can make attending college possible for their children and themselves. The parents and their children are part of the Avance Parent-Child Education Program. Ten groups participated in the nine-month program, which stresses its message of "graduating from college begins at birth. "The future of our county, our workforce, our quality of life, is dependent on the educational attainment of Latino children," said Alfredo Perez, executive director of First 5 Sonoma County, which has funded Avance since 2010. "We owe it to our...
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