That was the advice that Jose Antonio Tijerino, president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, offered Monday at the second annual Grad Nation Summit staged by America’s Promise Alliance.
“Where’s the greatest need? I always say it’s with the fastest-growing, not the most-established,” Tijerino said during a session titled “Connecting to Post-Secondary Education: Knowledge, Access & Affordability.”
“The problem is most companies or funders don’t focus on the fastest-growing areas,” Tijerino said. “They focus on the easier areas,” he said, referring to cities with well-established Hispanic communities, such as Chicago and San Antonio.
