Hispanics Struggle To Graduate: An Issue of School Choice? : Code Switch : NPR: Angela Barba was the first in her immediate family to graduate from high school. And when the time came for her son Robert to follow in her footsteps, she says, she found herself overwhelmed.
"I had no idea how I was going to get him into college," she says.
Angela, who had completed a two-year degree herself, says she wanted her son to be the first in the family to complete a four-year program. But she couldn't really offer any advice or guidance as to what schools to attend or how to apply for scholarships.
"I wish I could say that I helped Robert along with this information," Angela says. "But I had no idea how to even go get it."
And Robert understood that.