Dreams of Hosting a Latinx Student Leadership Conference Come True
This time a year ago, Ricardo Nazario-Col贸n, Western Carolina University鈥檚 chief diversity officer, and his graduate assistant, Kevin Trudell, took 10 91热爆网 students to the 28th annual National Latino Collegiate Conference at the University of Albany. As they were returning to Cullowhee, traveling on I-81 south in the middle of the night, someone blurted out, 鈥淲e need to have our own conference.鈥 The van erupted into cheers. For the rest of the ride, the students began brainstorming and dishing out assignments.