By Frankie Miranda
The policies of the current administration in Washington DC affect all aspects related to our community. Faced with this challenge, since last year our Hispanic Federation has published nine analyzes that make up the Federal Policy Series 2025-2026. The series is dedicated to civil rights, justice, equity and empowerment for Latinas and Latinos, and its ultimate goal is to promote opportunity and equity for our benefit. The most recent document in the series is about education.
“Quality education is essential for social mobility and the strengthening of our community, as well as so that we can understand history and build a better future,” says Perla Rodríguez. National Director of Education Programs of the Hispanic Federation. “In this regard, the United States public education system constitutes a key investment in the country’s democracy and prosperity.”
Our report expands on that concept by explaining that public education is built on the premise that adequately funded institutions with trained educators and community solidarity can bring together students from diverse backgrounds to produce high-caliber scholars, skilled artists and craftsmen, and engaged citizens. For all this, the Latino community has always fought for our youth to have access to education systems and be able to advance in them, from kindergarten to university.
“The quality education of our young people,” adds Perla, “not only provides individual opportunities, but also contributes to the economic development of the nation as a whole and of our community at advise.”
Something that we highlight in this chapter dedicated to the education of our Federal Policy Series 2025-2026 is that Latino children and young people are the fastest growing sector of the student body at all levels, so they are concerned with both the challenges and the opportunities presented to them. And one thing to keep in mind is that our federation and our member and allied organizations have accumulated enormous experience in developing and implementing education programs, so we are highly qualified to lead the promotion of a national professional agenda of educational equity for our students.
“What the Hispanic Federation proposes through this important document,” Perla concludes, “is that legislators and administrators must create the conditions so that education at all levels is accessible, does not discriminate, and empowers Latino students both during their studies and in the subsequent exercise of their trades and professions.”
Readers interested in this document on education of this Federal Policy Series 2025-2026about which I will continue to inform you in an upcoming column, you can access it by clicking this link, taking into account that it is in English.
And if you want to know more about our programs, agencies, initiatives and activities, visit our website or call (212) 233-8955 or (866) 432-9832.
Let’s celebrate our 36th anniversary together, and see you in the next column!
Frankie Miranda is the president of the Hispanic Federation