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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIEGO PINEDA | ENTERPRISE STORY COORDINATOR, MEGHAN KIMBERLING1 DESIGN CHIEF AND ABBY GIBBS 1 PHOTO EDITOR
THE LATINO/HISPANIC EXPERIENCE AT ELON
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MY ONLY GOAL IN LIFE
WASTOGETTO COLLEGE.
MIRELLA CISNEROS
F or senior mirella cisneros,
attending college seemed almost
impossible because of where she was
from, her socio-economic background
and the educational resources she had growing
up. When she applied to colleges, she was
stepping into the unknown with the desires
of being one of the few that “makes it” in her
community of Snow Hill, North Carolina.
“Since a young age I knew I wanted to go
to college,” Cisneros said, “even though that
was a strange concept for me because I didn’t
know anyone that had gone to college. But in
my household my parents always pushed us to
do our best in school, and my siblings did the
same.”
The college application process for Cis
neros was challenging as a first-generation
college student whose parents do not speak
English. She had to navigate the college appli
cation process on her own. After she received
her Elon University acceptance letter and did
research on tuition, she said only a miracle
would allow her to attend the school.
The Latino/Hispanic population is the
fastest growing minority in the United States.
This group has grown from 3.7 percent in
2012 at Elon to 6.4 percent in 2017. Though
this growth is notable, it is not representative
of the U.S. national level which is 17.8 percent.
ESPANOL
A SISTIR a la UNIVERSIDAD era casi
imposible para Mirella Cisneros, una estudiante
de ultimo ano,debido al lugar en donde ella
crecio, su estatus socio-economico y los
recursos educativos que tenia a su alcance. Cuando ella
comenzo a aplicar a las universidades, estaba entrando
a un mundo desconocido con deseos de ser una de
las pocas que lo logra en su comunidad de Snow Hill,
North Carolina.
“Desde pequena sabia que queria ir a la universi-
dad,” Cisneros dijo. “Aunque era un concepto extrano
para mi por que no sabia de nadie que habia ido a la
universidad, pero en mi casa mis padres siempre nos
motivaron a hacer nuestro mejor esfuerzo y mis her-
manos hicieron lo mismo.”
El proceso de las aplicaciones universitarias fue
un desafio para Cisneros ya que es una estudiante
de primera generacion universitaria cuyos padres
no hablan ingles. Despues de que recibio su carta
de aceptacion a Elon University, Cisneros investigo
cuanto costaba la matricula de la universidad y se dio
cuenta de que solo un milagro le permitiria asistir a
la universidad.
La poblacion latina e hispana es la minoria con mas
crecimiento en los Estados Unidos. Este grupo tam-
bien ha crecido en Elon del 3.7 por ciento en el 2012 al
6.4 por ciento en el 2017. Aunque este crecimiento es
notable, no es representativo del nivel de crecimiento
nacional de los Estados Unidos, en donde la poblacion
hispana y latina es del 17.8 por ciento.
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MIUNICAMETAEN LA
VIDA ERA LLEGARALA
UNIVERSIDAD.
MIRELLA CISNEROS
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NEWS • PAGE 4
Afro-Latinos speak
about their ethnic
identity
LIFESTYLE • PAGE 12
Folk-pop singer
coming to Elon shares
her personal story
SPORTS • PAGE 15
Inigo Bronte takes
to the pitch in the
United States