Felipa Coronado traveled from Alber...

Felipa Coronado traveled from Albers with her husband and three young children to a gymnasium Sunday in Fairmont City for individual reason: a bilingual college awareness program.

"I came because they told us there would be a meeting today about my kids and learning by what means to get information about college" Coronado said.

Coronado was single of about 30 people who gathered Sunday afternoon at consecrated Rosary School to speak to guild admissions officers from several area sects and the Illinois Students Assistance Commission.

"There is not a allotment of guidance out there, and it can be extremely scary to apply for seminary and apply for loans, especially if you don't speak the language or understand the process" said Violeta Garza, the chair of the Latino Roundtable, a metro-east advocacy dispose The Latino Roundtable helped to sponsor the consequence

"The Latino community destitutions better representation in higher education," Garza