Daily Lumina News 120121

The alarm wakes Jimy and Luis Hernandez before the sun rises. One brother heads to his part-time job to help pay for college. The other has a full-time job paving asphalt for a construction company. He wanted to go to college, but couldn’t navigate his way there.
The brothers’ divergent career and higher education paths highlight the challenges Hispanic men face in getting to and through college.

California made history in 2001 when it became the second state in the nation to pass a law that allows undocumented students who attended and graduated from high school in the state to pay in-state college tuition.
Since then, it has benefited tens of thousands of students. But advocates say colleges interpret the law differently and have different requirements for undocumented students to receive financial aid.

Maria Contreras is 17, a senior in high school, and a recent immigrant from Venezuela. But Contreras has already landed a paid internship at Indeed, the job recruitment platform. She got it after participating in a program called Code2College.
On this podcast, Contreras shares how Code2College gave her the confidence—and skills—to envision a technical career.

Colleges can help single mothers succeed by providing them with basic needs supports, connecting them to child care, and giving them flexible educational experiences, according to a new report from the Education Design Lab.
The Education Design Lab is helping four community colleges launch pilot programs to better support single mothers through college, with a goal of reaching at least 6,000 of these learners by 2024.