Latinas surpassing male counterparts in school and beyond

8602411689?profile=originalLatinas in the U.S. are reaching higher than their male counterparts, surpassing them in higher education and working their way to higher level jobs according to statistics by the PEW Research Center and Améredia, a multi-cultural marketing firm. This success is despite the fact that teen pregnancy and poverty continue to pose a problem for the Latino community as a whole.

“In general, I think women are at the forefront of the things that are happening in the Hispanic community,” said Catalina Steckbauer, owner and founder of the Community Wellness Center in Pocatello. “I think now the young Hispanic women are taking advantage of educational opportunities. I could be wrong, but what I see is the young women leading the way.”

This trend of educational attainment isn’t new for women as a whole. In 1975, women officially outnumbered men on college campuses in the U.S., and since then, the gap has only grown. In 2015, women made up 75 percent of college students in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics. READ MORE AT IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

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