Latinos in Action: Jefferson Jr/Sr High School

Latinos In Action offers an asset-based approach to bridging the graduation and opportunity gap for Latino students, working from within the educational system to create a positive change. Our mission is to empower Latino youth to lead and strengthen their communities through college and career readiness.  We accomplish this by focusing on four pillars: leveraging personal and cultural assets, excelling in education, serving the community, and developing leadership skills.

Our goal is to fundraise money for future leadership events, leadership retreats, our community, and our school events.  Our retreats help us acquire important skills such as communication, teamwork, critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving through activities and discussions, which help us connect and build strong relationships. The image we want to project is the pride of being a part of LIA, so people can know what cause we are fighting for.